Mike wrote: > I would recommend an EPIRB in a true wilderness situation. Much of the > Great > Lakes where I paddle is not in that category. Much of the coastline of > the US > that I've seen scarcely qualifies based on my observations sailing and > such - so > many towns and people! Again, you have to judge what you need. At the risk of stirring up the old risk assessment hornets nest again the above statement got me thinking of that fellow who disappeared off the Brooks this past summer. If he had triggered an EPIRB he'd probably be here to tell us what went wrong. The Brooks is fairly remote but I never thought too much about owning an EPIRB when I've been out there. An EPIRB might be quite useful for some of the other trips I do but the nagging thought of mistakenly turning it on would put a big dent in the overall quality of the trip experience for me. -mike *************************************************************************** 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 Nov 19 2006 - 12:23:29 PST
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