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<blockquote data-quote="A-team" data-source="post: 594201" data-attributes="member: 18790"><p>Holly crap - that is serious stuff! If that was in W.A's heat - you'd probably be close to dead? Must have been hard to keep calm....sometimes I'd walk about 5 meters then look down at the same target digging I just made 5 minutes ago. Had to chuckle to myself, but in all seriousness - I ended up asking the wife to hit the car horn so I could find my way back. </p><p></p><p>I did have my GPS and marked my waypoint before I left. For those of you unfamiliar with a hand-held hiking GPS - get one NOW, buy an older used one if you have to, but get one before heading out of site of your car Imaging getting a snake bite and needing a direct route back to the car! Also, carry a 5w UHF hand-held and if by yourself, leave it on emergency channel 5, JUST IN CASE! These 2 life saving items are light and batteries last the day with ease.</p><p></p><p>Also got myself lost at Malmsbury a while back, wasn't particularly deep in the forest but it was thick. Had to get the wife to hoot the car horn which helped bring me to a road half a kilometer from the car. Didn't have a GPS back then...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="A-team, post: 594201, member: 18790"] Holly crap - that is serious stuff! If that was in W.A's heat - you'd probably be close to dead? Must have been hard to keep calm....sometimes I'd walk about 5 meters then look down at the same target digging I just made 5 minutes ago. Had to chuckle to myself, but in all seriousness - I ended up asking the wife to hit the car horn so I could find my way back. I did have my GPS and marked my waypoint before I left. For those of you unfamiliar with a hand-held hiking GPS - get one NOW, buy an older used one if you have to, but get one before heading out of site of your car Imaging getting a snake bite and needing a direct route back to the car! Also, carry a 5w UHF hand-held and if by yourself, leave it on emergency channel 5, JUST IN CASE! These 2 life saving items are light and batteries last the day with ease. Also got myself lost at Malmsbury a while back, wasn't particularly deep in the forest but it was thick. Had to get the wife to hoot the car horn which helped bring me to a road half a kilometer from the car. Didn't have a GPS back then... [/QUOTE]
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