Alex, if you're unconscious and discovered by a couple of 60-yr-old women, would you absolutely INSIST that they use your fire piston and whistle with their fingers to get help to you???

"What do you suppose this funny tube with the knob on the end is for?"

"I don't know, I've never seen such a thing. Look through his things and see if there's something useful, so we can build a fire. Look! There's someone way down there! Can you whistle?"

"No, can't you? I wish he was carrying a regular Fox40 or something. He doesn't even have any matches or a lighter on him!"

"Maybe we should just leave him here and pretend we didn't see him?"

"Oh, we can't do that! I guess one of us will have to hike back down to the ranger station, but that's going to take a couple of hours..."

IOW, sometimes YOU are the victim instead of the hero.

Sue