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Missing Prospectors & Other Persons Tasmanian
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<blockquote data-quote="user 4386" data-source="post: 665283" data-attributes="member: 4386"><p>It is often not that simple. You can go days without knowing which direction it is to the sun (if overcast). Likewise nothing less than a strobe light would be seen in much of that forest (I have worked there). And you could die of exhaustion before you reach Bass Strait (depending on where they were). People get exhausted on a single hillside in dense vegetation. Satellite beacons wont work in thick forest (as they mention was their problem). I carry one with an intense strobe light and mirror, because in thick forest the only time they are likely to easily locate you is at night. I also carry a mirror and a whistle (or did - I would not go into that area around the Black River now at my age)</p><p></p><p>I am inclined to agree with the general proposition that they should have known where they were, and things like a compass and a prior look on a map of where you are going should prevent this. However they did say they were heading for Spion Kop road, so they knew where they were to within a km or so. There is little doubt that it could have been avoided, but I don't know the full story....</p><p></p><p>Tracks around Black River</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]8547[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="user 4386, post: 665283, member: 4386"] It is often not that simple. You can go days without knowing which direction it is to the sun (if overcast). Likewise nothing less than a strobe light would be seen in much of that forest (I have worked there). And you could die of exhaustion before you reach Bass Strait (depending on where they were). People get exhausted on a single hillside in dense vegetation. Satellite beacons wont work in thick forest (as they mention was their problem). I carry one with an intense strobe light and mirror, because in thick forest the only time they are likely to easily locate you is at night. I also carry a mirror and a whistle (or did - I would not go into that area around the Black River now at my age) I am inclined to agree with the general proposition that they should have known where they were, and things like a compass and a prior look on a map of where you are going should prevent this. However they did say they were heading for Spion Kop road, so they knew where they were to within a km or so. There is little doubt that it could have been avoided, but I don't know the full story.... Tracks around Black River [ATTACH type="full"]8547[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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