Lucy Wallace"Do I have the right gear? Do I know what the weather will be like? Am I confident I have the knowledge and skills for the day?"
Dale Harvey@Snoweider I wish experts would focus on teaching people how to safely use a phone. I honestly think the abstinence approach to electronics in outdoors education is putting people in unnecessary danger
@dale I'm not sure that folk need teaching how to use a phone? The article doesn't say don't use your phone but rather, make sure you've got some other tools in your toolbox. Sadly a lot of rescues could be avoided if people had a back up option.
@Snoweider I think they do, the article mentions lost connection and batteries running out. People should have multiple fully charged devices with the route preloaded and available offline. I have never seen an expert say that in one of these "smartphones are bad" articles but imo far safer advice than "use a map and compass"