Since a lot of us here like to solo hike, I think we use fallacies to rationalize that it is just as safe as being in a group. It is NOT. IF you have ever been involved in a serious accident or been seriously ill on a backpack, you realize how vulnerable we really are, even if carrying a PLB. Thankfully this does not happen often, if at all for most people.

Although willingly accept that extra risk, I do not fool myself into thinking it is as safe as with a group. Although I would rather be backpacking with others, it seems all my backpack partners have aged out of the level of backpacking I still want to do.