Snowmobiler finds family of five stuck in frozen wilderness

Re:Snowmobiler finds family of five stuck in frozen wilderness by tialaramex on Saturday January 25, 2020 @06:50PM (#22149402)

You aren't under a moral obligation? It's just that you might die and most people are willing to compromise pretty hard on principles to get rescued instead of dying.

I can see a principled stance of getting a PLB and knowing you'll activate it if you believe you'll likely die or be seriously injured without rescue, otherwise it's just a ballast you're carrying. But just foregoing one altogether seems like a very strange place to draw the line.

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Re:Snowmobiler finds family of five stuck in frozen wilderness by ghaff on Sunday January 26, 2020 @02:55AM (#22151014)

I’m not really drawing a line. I just don’t put it in the same category as map and compass. I don’t have one but it’s not a matter of principle. I’m just not regularly enough doing sufficiently remote activities where having one seems like basic prudence.

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