DJ2... you might even want to include in your contingency plans when you will push the PLB button... that is, if you met your panic criteria and you're assured that your wife will have called the authorities, part of your plan could be that you will push the PLB at panic +48 hours regardless of your condition, if you are still not at your exit point. If the authorities already know that you have this plan they can alert the RCC to be on the lookout for your signal so when you push it and the signal is identified as you, they will know not to launch the troops without calling the SAR coordinator first.

Actually, this isn't a bad contingency plan for anyone who carries a PLB. Make sure all of the identifying information is left with your wife and when she calls SAR she can tell them that you have a PLB with you, and here are your conditions for pushing the button. They will give that info to RCC and if they pick up that signal they will know what the situation is.

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