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How Emergency Services View Prospectors
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<blockquote data-quote="user 4386" data-source="post: 660339" data-attributes="member: 4386"><p>Definitely. But I think one of the most important things is to know where you are roughly ALL the time, and to have checked which way you would need to go to get onto a track, and how far. Few missing people die walking a track - they are so much easier to find and it saves on chopper costs.</p><p></p><p>I find many younger (post-GPS) prospectors rely too much solely on their GPS. Don't die of a flat GPS battery. We old farts used to travel cross-country also, and often only had 250K die-line maps to refer to. We would mount a large compass on the dashboard and note distances travelled on the odometer, all the time looking for the sparse reference landmarks that appeared on the map. </p><p></p><p>I used to often work alone - in retrospect that was stupid (but often enforced on us by employers before the days of OH&S). One person cannot walk too well with a sprained ankle or treat themselves for heat stroke.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="user 4386, post: 660339, member: 4386"] Definitely. But I think one of the most important things is to know where you are roughly ALL the time, and to have checked which way you would need to go to get onto a track, and how far. Few missing people die walking a track - they are so much easier to find and it saves on chopper costs. I find many younger (post-GPS) prospectors rely too much solely on their GPS. Don't die of a flat GPS battery. We old farts used to travel cross-country also, and often only had 250K die-line maps to refer to. We would mount a large compass on the dashboard and note distances travelled on the odometer, all the time looking for the sparse reference landmarks that appeared on the map. I used to often work alone - in retrospect that was stupid (but often enforced on us by employers before the days of OH&S). One person cannot walk too well with a sprained ankle or treat themselves for heat stroke. [/QUOTE]
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