We agree that making a new law is often not the way to solve anything. But if I recall correctly, the three who died on Mt Hood a few months ago were suppsed to be experienced climbers, maybe even passionate about it, yet they apparently didn't have one with them. So countless people hours and public dollars were spent trying to rescue them, to no avail. What are the other passionate climbers gonna do about that? Maybe, if they had carried that $5 gizmo, at least their families could have gotten the bodies back.

But I think that this topic has been beaten to death, no one is going to change their minds, so I'm not gonna play on this one anymore. Happy climbing...