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Canyoning death in Blue Mountains 15-Jan-2010 At 9:30:51 PM J Qui
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On 15/01/2010 Phil Box wrote:
>A police spokesman calling for EPIRB's to be mandatory for anyone going
>into the bush is simply code for the rescue personel not knowing how to
>navigate nor having local knowledge of the area needing to be accessed
>and not willing to call on those who would know the area.

Could be.

It could also be referring to the person/people being rescued not knowing how to navigate nor having
local knowledge and not willing to call on those who would know the area. If that's the case, they
should get over themselves, learn, ask those who know, and/or carry a beacon.

I personally know some of the S&R chopper pilots. With 15-20 years of local area knowledge of
Victoria, you would feel somewhat confident in knowing that they well and truly possess those
attributes. I also know that the S&R pilots and ground crew, as boring as it may seem, study topo
maps and execute dry/mock scenarios in their spare time. Local area knowledge is up there. They're
pretty qualified and friggin fit. I am only speaking for police and ambo S&R teams.

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