Most of the Swedish mountain ranges are accessible for ordinary people, and that was OK before the cellular phone! Now the Mountain Rescue is called for just about anything that makes walking difficult, like allergy to mosquitoes, to a sore foot! Mountain rescue is for life-threatening, like a friend's girlfriend's broken leg on a mountain slope, that forced him to walk some 30 miles to get help - that had been so much better managed with a cellular an EPIRB, or a Spot, as he than would have been able to stay at her side, but in those day's neither excisted. CB radios did, but coverage was not good, and the weight high! Once, on a mountain expedition in a rocket landing area, we were given very high tech radios to communicate with the rocket launching base - but natuŕally, they didn't work! Now a cellular phone, aka a handy (in the UK), will work in most places on earth, as long as you are on land! Spot will have it uses, but as any technical gadget will not replace knowledge, planning and physique! I have carried a CB radio with me when paddling, but when we needed to get in contact with the authorities, the batteries were dead! Some even carry a short wave radio in their kayaks, but those are just freaks - VHF and cellular is more than enough for me! Tord -- See Exclusive Video: 10th Annual Young Hollywood Awards http://www.hollywoodlife.net/younghollywoodawards2008/ *************************************************************************** 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 May 10 2008 - 17:00:28 PDT
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