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Southern California Club Xterra => Off Topic => Topic started by: Paul on January 27, 2011, 09:14:54 PM

Title: Lost in the desert
Post by: Paul on January 27, 2011, 09:14:54 PM
I always travel with two GPS's and paper maps with a compass ... I think I'm paranoid until I read about guys like these:

"On January 24, 2011, approximately 7:15 p.m., deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff
Title: Re: Lost in the desert
Post by: guywithpups on January 27, 2011, 09:35:41 PM
A cellular phone?  There's a lot of areas out there where a ham radio might be more useful.  Or a SPOT.
Title: Re: Lost in the desert
Post by: zachbiz on January 27, 2011, 10:24:04 PM
I rarely get cell reception out in the desert. i should carry more detailed paper maps.
Title: Re: Lost in the desert
Post by: boomer818 on January 28, 2011, 12:39:31 AM
This is why if your in the desert no matter what time of the year it is you go with at least three day supply of evry thing. You always stay near your car.
Title: Re: Lost in the desert
Post by: Ghost65 on January 28, 2011, 07:11:57 AM
A cellular phone?  There's a lot of areas out there where a ham radio might be more useful.  Or a SPOT.

Very true...seriously considering a SPOT.
Title: Re: Lost in the desert
Post by: onewaysoldier on January 31, 2011, 10:00:42 AM
Hand help GPS, topo maps, cell phone, HAM radio (as soon as I finish getting it installed), supplies to last 2-3 days, and someone back home who know where we went and when we're supposed to get back (roughly). 

That's how typically how I try to ensure I make it back from every adventure.
Title: Re: Lost in the desert
Post by: Bobby B. on January 31, 2011, 11:56:17 AM
Meh.  It's all about perspective.  Had they had some tasty beverages, they could've have been "hanging out and enjoying the desert" instead of "lost."
Title: Re: Lost in the desert
Post by: Soylent Yellow on January 31, 2011, 06:15:30 PM
Two words, natural selection.  We've managed to mess it up.