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dtbushpilot
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Yes mike, I carry a portable with me in the plane too. It's nice because I can take it with me camping etc. unlike the one mounted in the plane. I
keep it in my ditch bag so that I'll have something to amuse myself with while I'm floating around in the SOC in my life raft.
I would still want to have a sattelite phone so that I would know weather or not anyone was coming. You don't know if any rescue effort is forthcoming
with a "signal only" device. It would make a difference on how you handled the situation, stay put or save your own ass....dt
"Life is tough".....It's even tougher if you're stupid.....
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Cyanide41
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| Quote: | Originally posted by rts551
Guys. being a champion in motocross has nothing to do with riding in the wilderness. especially in the middle of a storm |
I think the point was that the guy is obviously not new to riding, and is not new to riding in Baja either.
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wessongroup
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Baja12valve
If you go outside for any extended period of time you check the weather again and again and prepare for the worst. Your life may depend on that
information. As a member of SAR, we go on callouts all the time to haul out those who don't do the homework. Pure idiocy on their part. The SAT, cell
phone and other PLD's give many a false sense of security as they think, " well, if everything goes South, we can just call our way out." We have
retrieved those people too. |
Must agree, we become somewhat lax due to our reliance on modern tech devices..
Don't know about the specifics on their location, and their ability to put up some kind of shelter.. but, just matches would have helped.. and yes
I've been out in the "field" when it gets wet.. and cold and miserable and tried to stay warm and dry.. it's not a lot of fun.. unless your real Gun
Ho .... where is David
I think the other shoe fall to make this point even more strongly was the lost of the bridges South of Ensenada.. a lot of folks were of the same mind
set I was, .... we will just take a run down to Muela and La Paz, throw a couple of sleeping back just in case, some beef jerky (no bears, mountain
lions yes hard to believe still) and stay in motels, eat in restaurants, go by Jesse, take fancy clothes ... it will be fun.. and the food is supposed
to be good..
For once this knuckle head got lucky, I did not go.. and was lucky to be up North of all the problems.. to old for that stuff.. we would not been a
happy campers...
But, it did teach me an important lesson, Be prepared!! starting to look again at things which need to be in the car.. the "list" is no where as
complete and organized (Alpha list and its neat and everything) as Pacodem's, but, have made a copy and printed it out.. thanks... for all the work
and sharing
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torch
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maybe there should be a bike (motor) list
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wessongroup
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Yeah, fuel.. what number on the list do you give it 
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torch
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geezze I know
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