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Missing Prospectors & Other Persons Tasmanian
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<blockquote data-quote="user 4386" data-source="post: 665451" data-attributes="member: 4386"><p>People should be aware that so long as there is a phone network, there is an emergency app that you can use with one press that gives your coordinates to emergency services. Just not satellite. We dont know the full story Bogger, but obviously many of us feel that many such things could be avoided by better preparation and continuous monitoring. I spent days helping SES locate a prospector at Combienbar a decade ago. He did have some excuse that he had damaged his ankle, but I felt he was badly prepared and he spent 3 nights in the rain, in thick forest. A lot of people put in a lot of time finding him safely (probably worth mentioning that included a lot of "greens" who spent days of their time). And many like me had to forgo income for those days.</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.abc.net.au/news/2010-12-08/no-sign-of-missing-gold-prospector/2366696[/URL]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="user 4386, post: 665451, member: 4386"] People should be aware that so long as there is a phone network, there is an emergency app that you can use with one press that gives your coordinates to emergency services. Just not satellite. We dont know the full story Bogger, but obviously many of us feel that many such things could be avoided by better preparation and continuous monitoring. I spent days helping SES locate a prospector at Combienbar a decade ago. He did have some excuse that he had damaged his ankle, but I felt he was badly prepared and he spent 3 nights in the rain, in thick forest. A lot of people put in a lot of time finding him safely (probably worth mentioning that included a lot of "greens" who spent days of their time). And many like me had to forgo income for those days. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.abc.net.au/news/2010-12-08/no-sign-of-missing-gold-prospector/2366696[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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