Re: EPIRB INFO
mwb@pacbell.net
Thu, 31 Jul 1997 08:21:45 -0700
Kent Crispin wrote:
>
> This information about epirbs and emergency radios and so on brings to
> mind a perennial minor ethical dilemma: On my last trip, on a whim, I
> took a new toy with me, a Garmin handheld GPS receiver (I also do a
> little sailing). And at every campsite I took a reading:
>
> nite GPS lat/lon Landmark
> --------------------------------------------------
> 0 036.51.967, 111.35.190 Lee's Ferry
> 1 036.38.871, 111.45.668 18 mile
> 2 036.30.972, 111.50.879 Below Fence Fault
> 3 036.23.179, 111.50.845 Eminence
> 4 036.17.784, 111.51.607 Lower Nankoweap
> 5 036.04.028, 111.53.396 Tabernacle
> 6 036.02.953, 111.54.171 Below Nevills
> 7 036.06.488, 112.13.531 96 mile ?
> 8 036.12.937, 112.25.457 114 Above Garnet Canyon
> 9 036.20.835, 112.27.211 Stone Creek
> 10 036.23.587, 112.31.410 Backeddy
> 11 036.20.283, 112.41.005 148.5 Below Matkat
> 12 036.17.719, 112.47.428 Below Havasu
> 13 036.14.197, 113.00.958 174 Cove Canyon
> 14 036.05.665, 113.19.360 Parashant Wash
> 15 035.47.155, 113.20.582 224 mile
>
> Suppose that there was big list of the coordinates for useful or
> interesting locations in the Canyon. Would you, as a trip leader,
> stash that list with your epirb and your Stevens guide, and carry a
> GPS receiver? Or, to make the ethical point a little more extreme,
> suppose the NPS decided to put a network of cell phone transceivers
> along the River Corridor -- tastefully concealed, of course, and
> unobtrusive, like the little river guage thingies.
>
> Would you carry a cell phone?
>
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PHEW! bit ethical dilemna. A phone in the Canyon?? Kind of defeats
the purpose of going there. Whats Next? Home offices, on the water web
pages, etc?? On the flip side, it would be a great saftey tool, and
much more affordable than a personal EPIRB. Especially considering
there is money to be spent and no one seems to know what to to with the
cash. Unobtrusive like the gauge thingies? Absolutely. If it could be
seen, I would vote NOOOO.
We could also call and gloat to our friends that we were in the Canyon
and they were not! Hah. Take Care BG
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