That’s what they’re called! Personal locator beacons. The name was escaping me.
Anyway, I just think people are little too dependent on phones and service. Different now a bit with the latest iphone allowing some sat e911 sms features. I rarely get service when I go out camping, personally.
You can always tell the people who aren’t actually outdoors people with these comments.
You should have as many forms of communication as you possible with you in the outdoors.
This depends on your goals.
If your goal is to not die in the outdoors, you should take your phone.
That’s assuming you have cell service. Lots of outdoors places do not. Satphone / locator devices are a good idea though.
Even if your destination doesn’t have signal, it will still be useful for part of the journey.
I do also have a PLB for this reason.
That’s what they’re called! Personal locator beacons. The name was escaping me.
Anyway, I just think people are little too dependent on phones and service. Different now a bit with the latest iphone allowing some sat e911 sms features. I rarely get service when I go out camping, personally.