On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 9:04 AM, Steve Holtzman <sh_at_actglobal.net> wrote: > The fact that it was a SPOT unit is immaterial. The paddler could have also > set up to call home via a cell phone or a SAT phone and the people waiting > for his calls would still have called the CG if he missed his call in > schedule. We'll see. I think there is a pattern here, though. There are more and more incidents involving SPOT. Doug Lloyd reported that SAR units in Canada are discussing this issue. Craig Jungers Moses Lake,WA *************************************************************************** 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 Thu Jul 31 2008 - 09:14:37 PDT
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