saving lost hikers
Missing a Hiker
Thank you for your sensitive portrait of a remarkable person. One gnawing thought: She would have been found quickly had she carried a personal locator beacon. These small devices can transmit a distress signal and your precise location to search-and-rescue teams via satellite, no matter where you are. Also, the cost and risk of the massive search effort would have been avoided, since PLBs cost about $250. Why doesn’t the state buy a few hundred PLBs and rent them out to hikers? Saving even one expensive search would recoup the cost. Establishing such a service would be a meaningful tribute to Gerry Largay’s memory.
Thank you for your sensitive portrait of a remarkable person. One gnawing thought: She would have been found quickly had she carried a personal locator beacon. These small devices can transmit a distress signal and your precise location to search-and-rescue teams via satellite, no matter where you are. Also, the cost and risk of the massive search effort would have been avoided, since PLBs cost about $250. Why doesn’t the state buy a few hundred PLBs and rent them out to hikers? Saving even one expensive search would recoup the cost. Establishing such a service would be a meaningful tribute to Gerry Largay’s memory.