Ken,

I was in that same situation at Camp Raymond in northern Arizona. My three boys wandered off exploring and it was lunchtime and the adults wanted all the boys back at camp. They had wandered over a mile away and down a steep canyon. They did not hear the Fox 40 Micro whistle I keep in my pocket. Some other boys found them and sent them back to camp. I too felt the whistle was kind of wimpy in the pines. I did not have my Storm whistle with me.

I think the lesson is: the best is barley good enough.