True confessions: No doubt, if I ever need help, I will press the 911 button on my Spot Messenger, no hesitation.
I'd be careful relying on that bad boy - my kind family bought me this:
ResQlink ......but they weren't born that way. They had to work up to it, with the hand-holding of signs, etc, along the way.
I'm fine with the rest of the population having the same learning advantages.
Great point - we're all at different "levels" in this game, and none of us were born with an ice axe in hand.