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In my state, emergency services point out that if you use an emergency locator such as a Garmin, you should expect that it may be a couple of days before rescue comes anyway. It depends on exactly where you are, of course.



Matthew Power and his expedition had a proper kit, satellite phone, etc.

They tried getting helicopter evacuation but even that took hours he didn’t have.




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