[meteorite-list] Rely on maps and weather conditions and local info, not always on GPS short routes

[Brian Cox]

hi folks,

I thought I'd post this story about a Canadian woman who was recently found 
by hunters on their snow mobiles who were themselves lost in the rough and 
treacherous mountains of Northern Nevada and her husband hasn't been found 
yet. They asked for the shortest route to Las Vegas from Canada and wound up 
in mountains they shouldn't have been in, since many people are out hiking 
or looking for rocks and meteorites out in the dry salt flats or dry lake 
beds and mountains. Just be careful, I know the majority of you are and you 
are smart, but some people new to the hobbies are relying too much on GPS 
gadgets that will get you lost and possibly worse if you don’t also use maps 
and local info. There was the story a few months ago about the woman who 
lived, but her 6 year old son died in Death Valley after using GPS to find 
the shortest route through Death Valley and used service roads and old 
mining roads and dirt trails and the dead bodies of a couple who were found 
recently who used used GPS back in 2009 in Death Valley and were lost and 
never found until searches found them almost 2 years later. Don't rely just 
on GPS, use the old fashioned way, A Map, that has updated road info and 
check weather conditions. I have used GPS and if you put in shortest route 
it will take you places you don't belong.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20110511/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_brief_missing_canadian_couple

All the best and happy hunting.

Brian Cox