i totally agree wiuth what you are saying!!!

BUT

>>>It seems to me that the most important thing in any emergency or survival situation is to inform people where you are and ask for their help. Therefore I think that Satellite Phones and GPS should be the first items in the list of anybody who travels abroad or countryside<<<

He says this in his first post-the first 2/3 lines are important he is saying that he would use these devices in an emergency situation and they would be most important to him (should be the first items in the list of anybody who travels abroad or countryside) this implys that he would value the technology over the basics-and as many of us are aware-and many people have said on here that when you are in a survival situation and need something to work-particularly technology-be it cars, radio's etc. it often fails in one way or another SO we must consider them working in harmony perhaps would be my conclusion to both mine and max's post! do people agree or disagree or have other opinions!!

Mark