[John Jorsett]

A map and a compass would be much cheaper. Lighter too!

It doesn't do you any good to know where you are when you've broken your leg if you can't tell anyone. These beacons let rescuers find you by the signal.

[Redcloak]

Don't be a whiner! If that one guy can lop off his arm with a dull Swiss Army knife, then you should be able to drag yourself up a hill with a broken leg! When I was a Boy Scout, we didn't even have maps. We had rough sketches drawn on the backs of cocktail napkins with a crayon! And for a compass, we had to use a sharpened stick. And that was only if we were lucky enough to find a stick. Otherwise, we had to make do with a rock.

THIS IS WHAT'S WRONG WITH AMERICA THESE DAYS!! WE'RE GETTING TOO SOFT!!

[Bahbah]

I wish the fellow who had to cut off his arm with a pocket knife had had one of these.