> Mayday means - imminent threat to life. E.g. > unconscious paddler with serious > bleeding, anaphylactic shock, heart attack, etc. > > A conscious paddler with an injury that prevents a > return to their point of > origin but not in danger otherwise is a pan-pan > call, not mayday. Risk is not > imminent danger. If it goes on to the point where Your point is well taken. The only problem is that one could make error at the opposite end of the judgement spectrum. If you make the mayday call too late, the authorities may not have time to rescue you in time to save your life. I'm sure those involved in rescue would prefer to rescue a living individual then go out to collect a corpse. We've talked a lot about using illegal equipment to contact help. Isn't obtaining this equipment really just a way to avoid the purchase of an EPIRB? Expensive? Yes. Then again, how much is your life worth? EPIRB+Cell Phone+Marine VHF+Flares+Float Plan is probably your best combined equipment solution. All of it is Marine based. Derek ____________________________________________________________________________________ The all-new Yahoo! Mail beta Fire up a more powerful email and get things done faster. http://new.mail.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 Sat Nov 18 2006 - 21:17:19 PST
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