Re: [Paddlewise] SPOT anxiety

Personally, I'll be saving for a PLB once they get a bit smaller (presently 
downsizing all my gear and lightening up everywhere I can). I will do so 
strictly for medical situations, in terms of anticipatory (but hopefully 
never needed) events such as heart weakness, appendicitis, dislocated joint, 
dismemberment by bear., etc.

As for the SPOT, it can be what ever you want it to be. For most paddlers, 
it seems to be a way to augment their journalized movements on the water and 
download said travels to their blog site each trip a la Google map. I'd like 
to see Victoria Beckham's travels on an advemtrue race blog - Kaviar & Kind, 
Sama Eyewear, Helmut Lang...

Doug Lloyd

> Hi Doug! :-)
>
> At first, I couldn't see how SPOT would be of any particular use or 
> interest, to tell you the truth.  But it was fun to come home and 
> "revisit" some of the places we cruised in Alaska (it provides not only a 
> map of your route, but also date and time and I can align that with the 
> date and time of my photos because frankly, due to the overcast weather, 
> much of the nine days looks the same in photos... mist and trees - and I 
> don't know which mountain range is which).  And friends and family seemed 
> to enjoy logging on to see where we were that day, especially those that 
> had already been there.  I also enjoyed "watching" Bob compete in his 
> adventure race this weekend.  Another use for SPOT is as a navigational 
> tool to find a location you want to revisit or provide location to others 
> where they can also visit... all on a google map.  I simply don't see it 
> as an emergency tool.  But it could be used as a locating tool or tracking 
> tool.
>
> I think it could also be great for kids when on vacation, good for 
> developing a sense of location and using maps.
>
>
> Jackie 
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