Just to stir the pot a bit, I thought I'd share 2 stories I heard from a paddling friend yesterday concerning two friends of his who were both successfully rescued as a result of having one of these devices. The first incident was a friend who was hiking in the California desert. Somehow he broke a leg and used his SPOT to summon assistance by pushing the 911 button. The other was a friend who was ice climbing in the Sierra's who had a companion break a leg. They used an ACR PLB and a helicopter was dispatched to pick them up. In both cases, it took about 3 hours from the time of the activation until they were rescued. Steve Holtzman [demime 1.01e removed an attachment of type image/gif which had a name of image001.gif] *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
> The first incident was a friend who was hiking in the California desert. > Somehow he broke a leg and used his SPOT to summon assistance by pushing > the > 911 button. > > > > The other was a friend who was ice climbing in the Sierra's who had a > companion break a leg. They used an ACR PLB and a helicopter was > dispatched > to pick them up. > > > > In both cases, it took about 3 hours from the time of the activation until > they were rescued. Confirms what has already been said few months ago - both can do, with SPOT having more limited coverage and more non-emergency functions than PLB, the latter being essentially world-wide (availability of local SAR services is a different matter). Last version of ACR "fix" is smaller than prevous models (though still an impressive brick in a PFD pocket or on shoulder strap, 6*2.5*1.25"). *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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