Ken,
I know where I am on trails. I have an altimeter, USGS 7.5' quads and know how to triangulate position. I can put where I am on a map in about 10 seconds most of the time without the use of GPS. I just find it easier if I can give air assets long/lat and ground personnel UTM in a timely manner. You assume way too much.
Dead battery cannard, eh. My skills are good enough without the use of technology but aren't you suppose to carry spares in your pack?
The government paid a lot of money to train me in a bit more than first aid back when the only color in my closet was green. Again, you assume. My Red Cross first aid certification is current.
Life is about judgments, we make them all the time. I am sure you do in your practice. I don't mind being judged, I judge myself all the time. Smearing every person I have never met...nice strawman there. I think I said most of the people I have given assistance to have a UL/Light philosophy. That is empirical...I also used YMMV in a post.
I did not say those have heavy do not go out unprepared or underprepared, just my experience. Michelle Yu had 40 pounds of rocks but no crampons in her pack when she walked off the backside of Mt. Baldy a few years ago in a white out. It is my judgment she was unprepared for conditions expected that day.
Last edited by wbtravis; 08/08/14 09:20 AM.
