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Safety and Survival
Alternative to Epirb, water, roof load, roof tents and temperature
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<blockquote data-quote="user 4386" data-source="post: 656109" data-attributes="member: 4386"><p>I think that was for intentionally setting it off with no reason, which seems fair enough. Not only the cost, but others might die because you had diverted the only available emergency services to you.</p><p></p><p>Personally I would be mortified to cause a search. I once did so with my company by forgetting to make the nightly satphone call (the grinding of search vehicles over the sand dunes at 6 am as I put on the billy was a sickening feeling). At least we had internal company search protocols, but you could not afford to forget (it was unusual, having driven at night to finish a job because of a fatality the day before). Another time I was bogged on a riverbank with floodwaters rising but worked all night to jack and put in rocks for traction rather than be embarrassed by calling SES. The instant the wheels grabbed I drove non-stop to the top of the range (the track up was slush and I did not want to pause once moving). When I got to the top I remembered that I had completely unloaded the vehicle to aid getting it free, and that all my gear was still sitting on the riverbank.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="user 4386, post: 656109, member: 4386"] I think that was for intentionally setting it off with no reason, which seems fair enough. Not only the cost, but others might die because you had diverted the only available emergency services to you. Personally I would be mortified to cause a search. I once did so with my company by forgetting to make the nightly satphone call (the grinding of search vehicles over the sand dunes at 6 am as I put on the billy was a sickening feeling). At least we had internal company search protocols, but you could not afford to forget (it was unusual, having driven at night to finish a job because of a fatality the day before). Another time I was bogged on a riverbank with floodwaters rising but worked all night to jack and put in rocks for traction rather than be embarrassed by calling SES. The instant the wheels grabbed I drove non-stop to the top of the range (the track up was slush and I did not want to pause once moving). When I got to the top I remembered that I had completely unloaded the vehicle to aid getting it free, and that all my gear was still sitting on the riverbank. [/QUOTE]
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Alternative to Epirb, water, roof load, roof tents and temperature
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