Hi Guys:

We recently heard about the first successful PLB use in the contiguous US. It just made local news here in Northern NY.

The Watertown Daily Times reported Carl Skalak "activated his transmitter after spending three days trapped by a blizzard in his campsite..." After a brief description of PLBs, the article mentions "Mr. Skalak bought his PLB eight days before the resuce. He said he learned about the technology through an article on equiiped.com".

Apparently there were a number of delays in responding, due to heavy lake effect snow that grounded local helicopters. Mr. Skalak was rescued some seven hours after he activated the beacon".

Well, its official. Reading equipped.org can save your life!

Frozenny