[Rockhounds] Day hikers are the most vulnerable in survival situations.

[linda at middleearthminerals.com]

Thanks to everyone who's been posting survival & preparation advice.  Here's one thing I didn't know that is potentially life-saving:
"Call 911 on your cell phone, even if you don’t have service. By law, any tower that you can connect with will transmit that call."

I recently bought a Garmin In-Reach Mini that I will carry with me now.  It is a satellite messenger so it only does texts, but it can always (maybe after a short wait) get a signal if it can see the sky.
Linda

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Subject: [Rockhounds] Day hikers are the most vulnerable in survival situations.

Below are a couple articles offering advice  fossil and rock collectors, who bushwhack off-road and into the wilds in pursuit of rocks, fossils, and minerals.

Day hikers are the most vulnerable in survival situations. Here's why.
A new study looks at who lives and who dies when lost in the wild.
By Jayne Moye, National Geographic, 2019 https://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/2019/04/hikers-survival-tips.html

Safe and Found, George Brown, SmokyMountainsCom https://smokymountains.com/safe-and-found/

Yours,

Paul H.

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