The Solution to getting lost.

[The_Eagle]

Is this guy for real?
Flares.
Really?

http://kmmsam.com/the-solution-to-monta ... ting-lost/

[chumley]

Sometimes it's really fun to talk to the people who have never set foot outside. Apparently one of them has a radio show in Montana!

[chumley]

Followup from that website:

So I came up with a way hikers in Montana could stay safe. I said if a hiker is lost and needs to be rescued they should pay a fee. Unless they bring a flare gun and a satellite phone. I hoped people would read it and it might even save a life.

I got calls on my show. Listeners worried a flare gun would start a fire. I also found out that an expensive satellite wasn’t needed. A GPS tracker was inexpensive and would work fine for hikers.

Today I was talking to a hiker and wondered. I asked her, “Would a GPS work?”
She said, “Yes.”
Then I asked if she had one when she went out and hiked.
She said, “No.”

That is the problem. No one thinks they are going to get lost when they hike in the wilderness. Maybe it takes someone like me, a newcomer from New York City, to make hikers understand. You are foolish and selfish. Even if you never get lost on a hike you are only thinking about yourself. Think about other people. The rest of us in Montana are paying taxes.

If you get lost other citizens are paying for rescue teams. We go out and and search the wilderness to find you. People volunteer, give up their lives, searching for you. And don’t forget while searching for you they might get hurt. They are putting their own lives in danger.

kmms1450am

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Did anyone suggest a map and compass?

[RowdyandMe]

I gave instructions and map to my ex and she made it home.