[pct-l] Personal locator device

[at2002 at mac.com (Gary Wright)]

On May 3, 2005, at 12:18 AM, Mark Verber wrote:
> If you are thru-hiking the PCT during "normal" times, there will be
> enough people on the trail than in the very unlikely case of you
> get into serious trouble a good whistle will
> get someone noticing you in a reasonable amount of time, at which
> point you can get them to go for help.

I'm assuming that Mark means a mechanical whistle and
not just puckering your lips.  I've been a bit surprised at
how many hikers don't carry a whistle.

I saw that some of Osprey's new packs have whistles built-in
to the strap hardware.  Nice little touch.