Peter Staehling <staehpj1_at_yahoo.com> wrote: >It turns out that that was just plain wrong. I have been out a couple times when I was probably the ONLY one who saw someones flare and called it in Good for you. And great for the folks you spotted!!! >I personally like to think of the VHF a tool to make my presence or intentions known, and as something that is likely to help someone else get assistance. I plan to never need to use it to request assistance for myself. Thinking that way keeps my decisions a little less reckless. I agree 100%. Just like gear on your PFD. Plan and prepare as if you'll never need it, but someday, you might be awfully glad it's there. It sort of makes it difficult thinking that all that extra bulk is probably never going to be used, and is just taking up space on all those trips....but just once, it might all be worth it. Besides, where can you get a better weather radio? I use mine about 98% of the time as a weather radio--both for checking the forecast before I can see the put-in, and once I'm there, to back up personal observations. Shawn __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! News - Today's headlines http://news.yahoo.com *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Sep 12 2002 - 14:50:49 PDT
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