[pct-l] SPOT

[Adam Bickett]

The Spot sure is a polarizing little device!  I just broke down and got
one...basically as a toy and a peace of mind for my family, not as a life
saving device.  I'm doing the JMT starting next week, and will be carrying
one in tracking mode, secured to the top of my pack to test it out. If it
works well enough, I'll bring it on the PCT next year.. If anyone is
interested in seeing whether it (and I guess me as well!) can withstand the
JMT in real time,  e-mail me for the share link.

-Adam

On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 11:50 PM, patti kulesz <peprmintpati88 at yahoo.com>wrote:

> yeh it's a great device I'm getting one next year when i do the PCT!
>
> patti
>
> --- On Thu, 8/7/08, Karen Lafferty <lafferty1 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> From: Karen Lafferty <lafferty1 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [pct-l] SPOT
> To: pct-l at backcountry.net
> Date: Thursday, August 7, 2008, 8:46 PM
>
> We used SPOT on our hike from Tuolumne Meadows down to LeConte Canyon.  The
> SPOT we used can only be programed for a few people to receive the satelite
> message.    We sent messages twice a day to let our husbands know where we
> were and the message told them that we were ok.  There are several other
> buttons, one to let the receiver of the message know that we are in trouble
> and
> need help and one for a 911.
> While stopped at a ranger station, the ranger was telling us of an incident
> in
> which a young man had had his appendix rupture.  By using his 911 button,
> after
> several hours of trying to locate him, he was helicoptered out.
> It took 20 to 30 minutes for the SPOT to find the satelite and send the
> messages back to our husbands.  Our husbands knew where we were at least
> twice
> a day.
> Karen L.
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