Re:How Not to Go Off the Grid
by thwayunion on Thursday October 13, 2022 @05:40PM
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> but part of the experience is being completely disconnected and knowing you're on your own if anything goes wrong.
No.
If you cannot self-rescue, someone will notice your absence and SAR will eventually be deployed. Leaving behind your inReach requires a full search, which wastes valuable SAR resources and possibly even puts SAR professionals at additional unnecessary risk. If the emergent event is the result of something that impacts a large area -- storms, earthquakes, avalanche, rock fall, etc. -- other people may die because SAR spent too much time on you.
If there is ANY chance that SAR will be deployed to help you -- requested by you or otherwise! -- it is incumbent upon you to either carry an inReach or give regional SAR an explicit "do not rescue" request prior to departure.
No.
If you cannot self-rescue, someone will notice your absence and SAR will eventually be deployed. Leaving behind your inReach requires a full search, which wastes valuable SAR resources and possibly even puts SAR professionals at additional unnecessary risk. If the emergent event is the result of something that impacts a large area -- storms, earthquakes, avalanche, rock fall, etc. -- other people may die because SAR spent too much time on you.
If there is ANY chance that SAR will be deployed to help you -- requested by you or otherwise! -- it is incumbent upon you to either carry an inReach or give regional SAR an explicit "do not rescue" request prior to departure.