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Epidemiology of Wilderness Search and Rescue in New Hampshire, 1999–2001 Out of 321 people serviced by SAR only 88 were listed as being lost in this study. 27% of all SAR missions. 1). What is not listed in this study is why or how they got lost. Just totally inexperienced, walked off the...

Wish I was up in the area to lend a hand. They are looking for volunteers Keith

Its easy to check. Most GPS units will have an entry for the battery type under the setup/config. To use the correct discharge curve to display the correct battery life left. Also use of WAAS and an atmospheric barometer for altitude can cause rapid depletion of the batteries. Keith

If you were the trip leader than yeah, you might have been considered to have made a mistake but, you still went back and checked on them and fixed their screw up. If you were not a trip leader, then they fouled up. Again, kudos to you for straightening out their foul up. Had these people every...

Just some thoughts. Unless I am actually mapping the trail. The GPS is mostly off. What the GPS excels at is marking way-points and making routes. But, what I really like to use it for and teach the use of it is as follow. If you mark a waypoint that is your destination in the GPS, the GPS can...

Thanks for the greenie, Brian. I appreciate it.

I have been attempting to keep to the high road. :D Keith

That is where my comments came from. :D I quoted myself. I'm so efficient. :p Keith

There are many handguns, like the Glock that don't have an active safety like you are probably referring to, like the type found on the M1911, which technically has three. The Glock has a striker/cocker device and the only safety is a mechanical lock that is deactivated when the finger (or...

While the whole thread is worth reviewing this was my contribution last year on this subject. Search for the keyword 'avast' to see the entire thread. So, UTM if you are working on the ground. DMS if you fly or spend time on the water. My $.02, Keith

Jesus Dave. Your my hero. I just started running again recently. I remember meeting you several years ago and now looking at your photo that you just changed and I wasn't sure it was the same person. Congratulation not only on the weight loss but also the shape you have gotten yourself in. 31.5...

That was the ugliest dog I have ever seen. :D Great pictures of a very unique place. Thanks for the write up and pictures. Keith

WOW. Thanks for the memories and pictures. I stayed overnight in a mountain hut on the hike up to the Zugspitse in 1979. The hut there was basically two shelves. One set of shelves slept men and the other shelf slept the women. Very small, but clean and the same rules about shoes. It was a great...

I am well aware of that. The question is, what are the odds? You are almost twice as likely to die from a lightning strike and 130 times more likely from driving your car. And again, no one has died, nor any fires started, injuries or damage reported from this. This is just a comparison of...

I tend to agree. I have driven off and in some cases way off road in the military in tracked and wheeled vehicles in all kinds of weather all over the world. I let it slide because, well, he did say 90% of us. I assumed you, me and a few others were the 10%. :D;):cool: Keith

Yep. Lion batteries and NiMH batteries have the potential to dump huge amounts of current in a small time in a short circuit situation and cause a fire. Point is, in the real world so far, the odds are 1/130,000 that one of the batteries in a unit might get warm. That doesn't constitute an...

This might be political but I must ask the question. At what point is it ridiculous to have a recall? 1.3 million units sold and fewer than 10 cases of overheating, none of which produced any property damage or injury. I have a Nuvi. It is unlikely at this point that I will use the recall...

Great video also, thanks. You are right. These are not like what I heard the Fisher making for calls. Keith

Just like the wave. :D <thumbs up>

That is what the one I heard sounded like and the time is correct as well. Keith