Handy gadgets and huge time savers when they work. Do you know how to use it?
Plus bring a cell phone and keep it in a water proof bag. Read stories of people getting hurt or lost in the back country and being able to make a call and give the authorities their GPS coordinates.
Technology can be a life saver when it works.
I think so.I was *fascinated* by it when I first got it.So fascinated that I decided to take it on a trip I took to Hong Kong and Dubai.While in Dubai I went on a "dune bashing" safari which took us about 75 miles into the Arabian desert...*truly the middle of nowhere*.Long story short...I stored a "reading" from when we passed what I think was a prison and then,entering the coordinates into google maps it came up exactly at the structure in the middle of nowhere.
There is a device that people in Alaska pack into the wild. It can be triggered for an SOS, at which time it forwards your GPS coordinates to the Coast Guard, US Army, US Forestry Service, and selected law enforcement via an Iridium satellite. It costs $55.