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galenkp in Outdoors and more • 8 months ago

Yep, I responded to the antivenom/antivenin comment as I didn't want people thinking it's a generic thing.

You raise a good point on the EPIRB/locator/beacon thing. I have mine all the time, even in places where I know I'll not get lost, as it's about MEDEVAC. One of these things saved a mates life (heart attack) when he was out in the Flinders Ranges and it just makes sense right?

I like to be quiet when I'm in the wilderness, I'm often hunting/stalking, but here there's the issue of making some noise to scare the snakey bastards out of the way; stepping on an Eastern Brown snake is a good way to get dead.

Thanks for adding some perspective. I wish I was your neighbour, we think alike and I think you'd be a handy chap in the wilderness. (We could share gear) Lol.

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jacobtothe 8 months ago

I really need to get one of those beacons. In my local environment, the climate doesn't support the spicy dangernoodles, but like you said, they're for a variety of emergencies. Besides, I think 2025 will include travel, and I'd like to have that extra insurance when off the main roads anywhere.

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galenkp 8 months ago

They aren't cheap I guess, but I think you're worth the spend. Like you say, MEDEVAC and SAR's don't come cheaply but death lasts forever. Travel in 2025? Good to hear!

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duskobgd 8 months ago

I remember, more than ten years ago, when the director of the company announced that he was going to go fishing in the wild, that I insisted that he bring a satellite phone.
There is no mobile network there and that phone was very useful to him when he sprained his leg by stepping on a slippery stone in the stream where he started.
It was worth it that he had a way to call for help, because he would have struggled a lot with the injured leg.
When he went fishing in New Zealand, there were no such problems, there is an ordinary mobile phone available in every part of the country.

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galenkp 8 months ago

I've been to NZ and there's not cell service everywhere, but everywhere that fellow went probably had which means he didn't go remotely. There are many places no service is offered because there's no people there, or so few that the infrastructure costs don't make sense.

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