Unless it was so bad you were dead . . .Lotsafreshair wrote:I3) ... ... ie. if it was bad you would have activated the PLB immediately.
That being said though, there are of course examples, such as the previously referred to bloke in NZ where activation isn't warranted.
north-north-west wrote:Unless it was so bad you were dead . . .
findbuddha wrote:That being said though, there are of course examples, such as the previously referred to bloke in NZ where activation isn't warranted.
As these examples have been the subject of much debate, perhaps it would be good for AMSA to provide us with some clearer guidelines? However, in the hypothetical situation that someone is NOT in a life threatening situation, but knows absolutely that a search WILL be launched for them, would AMSA prefer that they simply wait to be found rather than activating the PLB?
GPSGuided wrote:Worry, is inherent in human nature, one that afflicts a good majority of the population. Hence SPOT works.
vicpres wrote:As far as your hypothetical is concerned, it isn't hypothetical as I am directly aware of such an event in Victoria. I am not able to provide the full story, however a group became overdue and was not going to make it 'out' by their deadline. They know the family of at least one party member would hit the panic button, likely generating an alert, if not a search. The group knew they were absolutely OK, and would be however those expecting them didn't and couldn't know this. They set off their beacon, AMSA notified Victoria Police S&R, who responded and quickly and efficiently located the party. The quickly and efficiently bit would not have happened without the beacon activation, but the rest would of the situation have, and more fuss resulted. Neither AMSA nor Victoria Police would criticise this party for activating their beacon. They may criticise for other actions or omissions, such as lack of planning, insufficient food, not leaving details of their walk with an appropriate emergency contact.
vicpres wrote:As far as your hypothetical is concerned, it isn't hypothetical as I am directly aware of such an event in Victoria. I am not able to provide the full story, however a group became overdue and was not going to make it 'out' by their deadline. They know the family of at least one party member would hit the panic button, likely generating an alert, if not a search. The group knew they were absolutely OK, and would be however those expecting them didn't and couldn't know this. They set off their beacon, AMSA notified Victoria Police S&R, who responded and quickly and efficiently located the party. The quickly and efficiently bit would not have happened without the beacon activation, but the rest would of the situation have, and more fuss resulted. Neither AMSA nor Victoria Police would criticise this party for activating their beacon. They may criticise for other actions or omissions, such as lack of planning, insufficient food, not leaving details of their walk with an appropriate emergency contact.
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