Re: [Paddlewise] communication(was Wrath of my wife)

At 17:37 02/29/2000 -0800, Dave Kruger wrote:

[snip]
>I paddle in remote areas, mainly, and a VHF works best there.  If I paddled in
>the Bay area, I suspect a cell phone might be the better choice.
>

on 2 seperate occasions, we were rescued thanks to the cell phone coverage in our
area... once was due to a storm that changed directions, the other time was during
high water, and we had lost a boat on the river.

note, 

1.  i'm in colorado, far from the ocean, but cell coverage is getting better 
and better.

2.  both times we were on dry ground calling for help. i know of plenty of
horror stories involving drops of water & a cell, they don't tend to mix...

mark

YMMV, etc

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