----- > could not figure out is if the guy had a compass? At one point he said > that he > could see the twin peaks of the islands. Seems like if he had a compass > he could > have triangulated the twin peaks and at least get a rough idea of where he > was to > the USCG... You know, I've posted this but honestly can't say what other lessons can be learned there except for wearing any sort of communication device. As it has transpired by the end of the discussion, almost nobody wears GPS 'cause it needs a waterproof case or drybag and therefore can not be weared, besides it may die on the deck inside a drybag due to overheating and humidity. I'd like to hear if anybody tried Aquapack bags for GPS, though. I read somehwat contradicting versions of this story, and don't remember now if he was still in his kayak or not; and if he wasn't, I doubt that he was physically and emotionally capable of estimating his location using triangular methods. *************************************************************************** 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 Sun Feb 15 2004 - 23:18:10 PST
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