Originally Posted By oldranger
They wouldn't be rangers if they didn't go out, at least not in any meaningful sense of the word. They were fortunate in having a definite objective and knowledge that someone was in definite distress. Cell phones are taking the "S" out of SAR...


Not in my neck of the woods, they aren't.

We've only had a couple of searches where cell phones were used - and the subject was thoroughly lost so we told them to build a fire so we could find them. Since we search at night that worked.
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