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Re: 'SPOT' with texts

Andrew W
Anyway according to Mr Slomans blog, I spent 2011 challenge in a pole dancing club in Euston


I'll let everyone make their own mind up:



Re: 'SPOT' with texts

Well, at least I have lost weight since then.
We'll not go into how.
Amazingly Mr S.
The secret code to post this mail was
FUXU.
I couldn't have made it up

Re: 'SPOT' with texts

alan.sloman
Can I be in your camp too, Judith?



Noooo! It's my camp. Go and camp somewhere else!

Re: 'SPOT' with texts

Sorry folks, I don't mean to offend anyone but I’m not in your camp on this one, should things go **** up out on the hills you can be almost certain that it will happen where there is no phone signal, they only place the masts to serve the areas of population, we go in the areas that are not populated. The thought of an acute incident that is life threatening, be it an AMI, Appendicitis or something requiring the need for treatment or urgent admission to hospital, delay is going to be costly to you and to the people that come to get you. If your signal is too weak to make a voice call or even send a Text they may have to triangulate your position from the signal of the emergency call you made to narrow down the area that you are in, that takes time, the search area size is dependent on how many masts pick up your signal, the fewer, the larger the area is. The very reason that you are making that call means you want to get out of that situation fast and not have to sit and wait for search teams to find you. All for the weight of 147g and about the same in shekels.

Re: 'SPOT' with texts

I thought this was The Great Outdoors Challenge ?.
A "self supported" back packing event from West Coast
to East Coast. What with accommodation lists, Sat Navs. Spot
devices . You will not get the Challenge feel surrounded
by all the clutter of civilization or other challengers,
it will just be a long distance walk from "watering hole"
to the next "watering hole". Has as already been said it's
one of the few times in the year you can be free of all
the clutter. Cheers. (Yes, I too am a traditionalist.)