Thread: PLB saves hunter

Originally Posted by John Duxbury

I knew there'd be one who just had to respond.

If I am falling off a cliff, then it means I went and got LOST. I dont own a parachute either, which would also be useful in that bit of conjecture.

It was a true story
I wasn't responding to you
I was warning others against the stupidity of your statement

Originally Posted by akaroa1

It was a true story
I wasn't responding to you
I was warning others against the stupidity of your statement

Yeah, you were.
But, it didn't happen to me, it sounds like it happened to you. Stop falling off fucking cliffs.

Originally Posted by John Duxbury

Yeah, you were.
But, it didn't happen to me, it sounds like it happened to you. Stop falling off fucking cliffs.

I know some bloody good outdoors people who have needed to push the button. One had the ridge he was walking on collapse underneath him. The other got swept out to sea in his Kayak when a combination of tides and wind became too much for him.
Stop falling of cliffs is a silly statement to make!

No one intends too, But also no one, that I know anyway, Is as perfect as Mr Duxbury.

I carry one because Ive learnt that I can make mistakes.

I remember reaching the top of a cliff and hugging a tree with shear relief. After having the scariest climb of my life because halfway up I realised I couldnt get back down and that the climb was too difficult for me.

I fell through ice into a crevace. Luckily it had a blockage. Ive attempted mission that were harder, wetter, longer and colder than I anticipated. All those factors can induce bad decision making or simple mistakes. Mistakes have a habit of compounding.

It doesn't happen now so much. Because I learnt from those close calls how better to prepare and make better decisions.

And one of those preparations and decisions was to carry a fucking PLB!

Originally Posted by whanahuia

........And one of those preparations and decisions was to carry a fucking PLB!

I fail to to see the sense in not carrying one. The technology is now readily available and can be used not only to help yourself out of a serious situation but perhaps others that you may come across. A lot of those on this forum spend bundles on clothing, scopes and other flash gear, why would you not have a PLB. I go back to the statement that it is better to have one and not need it than need one and not have it.