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This month's Nat Geo Adventure has an article about charging for S&R, mentions the New Hampshire case, and comes right out and says people should just avoid recreation in states that charge for rescue.

Does S&R deliver? "Hello, S&R? No, I'm all right and I'm not lost, but I'm really hungry. Here's my GPS coordinates - would you bring me a large pizza with pepperoni and mushrooms?".....

I've been thinking about paddling around Moosonee for the past 2 seasons, but so far, the prospects of that long drive and train ride is winning out over the adventure aspect (trying for a long weekend, but need more time). I'll try again in '10. Let us know how your planning goes.

Chip - That's definitely the best bear story... YOU WIN! :D

Same deal with most handheld GPS receivers, eh? If the user is mobile, they just amble (or crawl) to an open spot in the forest canopy.

Uses for the "Help" button Since the message generated by pressing the "Please Send Help" button can be predetermined and customized by the user before the trip, that "Help" button could be used to let someone know that you're ready to be picked up, and the GPS info will let them know where you...

That's true in a controlled and closely monitored situaton such as a race event. Practically speaking though, if I'm 500 miles from home and press what SPOT calls the "Ask for Help" button, and my wife, daughter, or friend receive that e-mail message, they will not be hopping in the car to go...

Yellow-Yellow is nationally famous! I have a Bear Vault Solo (the model she knows how to open). Luckily, she hasn't come along while I was using it, most recently, in the Lake Colden-Flowed Land corridor in September.

Many years ago (a few decades, I think), trash was routinely dumped in piles/pits, and that was the acceptable way of doing things just about everywhere. The bears loved it, and people got to watch them at some distance while they foraged on the trash piles. That evolved into the way most areas...

I hunkered down and bivyed on the steep slope along one branch of Slide Brook in the Dixes one April night a few years ago. It wasn't too bad, and I was lucky there was no precip. I don't know what I would have done if I had a cell phone with reception, or a satellite device. I suppose that if I...

I don't quite understand your comment, or your hostile attitude. My comment was indeed meant to be educational while pointing out a fundamental error in your method of protecting food which created a major safety issue.

Looks like a roof-top ventilator

I find it hilarious that you misspelled you own name :D I also researched Spot insurance pay-outs and came up with only advertisements for Spot. I would think that there would at least be some discussion on some message board somewhere, but I guess not. This indicates that nobody has had to use...

I "bought" a SPOT last spring (actually it was free and I just paid for the support). Haven't needed it, and have not heard of any insurance pay-outs. Of course, the SPOT insurance is only for registered owners of those devices with a current coverage plan in effect.

and I'm thinking of oiling up my hob-nailed boots and... Nahhh, I don't need any gear - I HAVE A CELL PHONE!

I recently heard of a paddler who was in the Fish Creek Ponds region this fall and got windbound in camp; he called for rescue. Whatever happened to just staying in your camp until the wind lets up? Maybe he didn't want to be late for work.

Woodstrider - Interesting story.... BUT I believe the point is to put your food far away from you and other campers for the safety of the people, vs. sleep on, next to, or under it to protect the food. I really don't mean to be a wise a**, but the bear encounters you described were all your...

That must have taken "yards" off your life! :rolleyes: BTW what's a bear whistle?

Would you consider moving the Shingle Shanty Brook Update thread back to Q&A New York? When I suggested the move to Paddle Park, I never considered all the paddlers who read VFTT but are not members, and are therefore not allowed access to that forum. There is considerable interest growing on...

Your response confirms my impression when I first read about your trip through there. You apparently wanted to inspire someone else to do something about it, whether it was some paddler who followed your route, got caught, and fought it in court, or perhaps you were just hoping that the DEC...