Thread: Near-Miss

As an aside this is one advantage the inreach or similar services have over epirb.....if you are using tracking and have shared the link with someone. If you have a bad fall and are incapacitated, then at some point whoever is following your progress will figure it out and be able to give an approx location to Police/SAR.

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Originally Posted by Ned

As an aside this is one advantage the inreach or similar services have over epirb.....if you are using tracking and have shared the link with someone. If you have a bad fall and are incapacitated, then at some point whoever is following your progress will figure it out and be able to give an approx location to Police/SAR.

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Good point re the tracking,
I was just wondering if a device like an InReach would work if you were in the bottom of a deep crevice?
At least with tracking there would be a clear path of where you were. I always use the 10 min track path when I’m in a more remote or new area.
Although not out of being safety conscious, more for the fact I enjoy looking back at where I’ve been.

Originally Posted by Lauries Hut

Good point re the tracking,
I was just wondering if a device like an InReach would work if you were in the bottom of a deep crevice?
At least with tracking there would be a clear path of where you were. I always use the 10 min track path when I’m in a more remote or new area.
Although not out of being safety conscious, more for the fact I enjoy looking back at where I’ve been.

Good points. I wonder if you fail to return from a trip and you did have an inreach, that Land SAR could access your tracking? I think an added safety feature allowing SAR to remotely access your registered inreach account for tracking could be a life saver.

I did inform DOC last week and they said Tauranga Heritage & Visitor team as well as our Biodiversity Rangers would be in touch if they need further information like GPS marks etc.

See map of fall hazard marked X for you Kaimai bush bashers.

Kaimais Hazard.pdf

Had a close call in next hut area upstream from Kelly Knights 25 odd years ago , nearly stepped into thin air off a ledge in a side creek using torch light , 30 ft drop onto rocks , was a long cold night in my orange survival bag , it snowed as well , my 2 hunter mates came looking after dark , fired a shot and I replied 1 shot which was reassuring , stumbled back to the hut not long after 1st light cold but alive .