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Lucky he had service. Glad he's OK. Wonder if he had a map with him. Compass, and could he use it. Can't depend on phones or gps, particularly without battery backup. Wonder if he knew where he was hiking to begin with.
2 posted on
04/14/2021 9:25:11 AM PDT by
SJackson
([Rome}A city for sale and doomed to quick destruction, if it should find a buyer, Gaius Crispus)
To: SJackson
Why would the ‘authorities’ ask hikers for help identifying his location in the photo sent to friends? Almost all pics from smart phones are geotagged with the GPS coordinates.
Just read the metadata in the photo.
3 posted on
04/14/2021 9:27:08 AM PDT by
Yo-Yo
(is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: SJackson
Surprised hikers don’t use some type of breadcrumb dropping app. Others could use that. If lost and battery goes dead, stay at the last crumb location. Of course NG without service.
To: SJackson
“airlifted out, was in good condition and will not need to be hospitalized”
Then why was he airlifted out? $10,000 helo practice?
26 posted on
04/14/2021 3:23:01 PM PDT by
ProtectOurFreedom
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