.....We didn't know how to set the tracks feature on our gps[since remedied]....(skipped text)......I think the spot is a great new piece of technology that has the potential to save a lot of lives.
That's exactly what some of us are talking about though. If you haven't figured out how to use your GPS, it shouldn't be in your pack, and you shouldn't be relying on it to get you home.
I'd like to see statistics of how many hunters are actually killed in the wilderness that SPOT could have saved each year. I don't think it will be many. There will be a lot more risk applied to the SAR guys because of the increased risk taking and stupidity of hunters/hikers because they have the magic button in the backpack..
