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Subject:        Death by GPS
Date:   Thu, 3 Feb 2011 13:48:35 -0800
From:   Dyallen2 <[log in to unmask]>
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Here is an interesting tidbit from the copied by the Bureau of Land
Management in California from the Sacramento Bee:
lettering "Heat Kills" over a gravestonetwo hikers look over a rocky
desert landscape*"'Death by GPS' in the desert"*(Sacramento Bee, 1/30/11)
"Danger has long stalked those who venture into California's desert in
the heat of summer." But as more people visit, "technology and tragedy
are mixing in new and unexpected ways." Said Death Valley wilderness
coordinator Charlie Callagan, "People are renting vehicles with GPS and
they have no idea how it works and they are willing to trust the GPS to
lead them into the middle of nowhere." Stories of deaths in the desert
are "reminders that even with a growing suite of digital devices at our
side, technology cannot guarantee survival i n the wild. Worse, it is
giving many a false sense of security and luring some into danger and
death."
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/01/30/3362727/death-by-gps-in-desert.html

David Allen
Encinitas, CA