I'm not sure it's totally immaterial. The ease and affordability of the SPOT is making it quite common on the water. We seem to be placing too much faith in the infallibility of our newest electronic gizmo. If I was out on a long trip pre-SPOT, it wouldn't be unusual not to be heard from for 4 days, but when it's so easy to send an OK message, it becomes a concern when it doesn't get received. I imagine it will just be a case of growing pains. Mark -----Original Message----- 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 - 09:33:42 PDT
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