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A registered GPS so that when it's switched on it can be located, two mobile phones and contact once a week. OK if they don't get nicked.
It would be nice to just dissapear but if your in the s**t you will need  and if they are in the s**t you can make your way home as quick as you can.
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When I'm on a few weeks bke trip, I leave my wife and children at home so I try to SMS regulary becuase, like Ian wrote, "if they are in the s**t you can make your way home as quick as you can". I rather SMS then make phonecalls. I can tell the interesting stories much cheaper when I am back home ;-)
When I was younger and not married, my parents knew I was serious about my riding and would not do very stupid things so they did not worry, even when I was away for a few weeks.
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I'm with you. I used to travel in the days when you sent postcards and anxiously went down to get mail addressed to post restante. I'd call home maybe three times a year to say merry Christmas or happy birthday to my Mom.
Even on my last trip, I'd go a month without e-mailing in. I'll bet that guy who is "lost" is fine. He probably met a girl.
It's all a matter of expectations.
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I'm with you. I used to travel in the days when you sent postcards and anxiously went down to get mail addressed to post restante. I'd call home maybe three times a year to say merry Christmas or happy birthday to my Mom.
Even on my last trip, I'd go a month without e-mailing in. I'll bet that guy who is "lost" is fine. He probably met a girl.
It's all a matter of expectations.
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FYI:
The missing rider ("gatogato"), DID turn up OK. Apparently it took a while to get to where he was going by taking the cheap boat. He said he warned his family beforehand about possible delays in contating them, so he's a bit unhappy. He posted about it on advrider; ADVrider - View Single Post - gatogato missing in Panama. does anyone have news???
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if they are in the s**t you can make your way home as quick as you can.
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Err the people at 'home' have all sorts of services that they know of and can use .. little point in my returning home at a cost of $3,000 to fix a $400 problem? If someone gets ill then all a question of time.
The problems I may strike are .. well health, parts, money, .. that about covers it.
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Remeber 'Areograms' .. think they are still avalible in some parts of the world .. cheaper than postcards too. Think we have some still here .. usually they have a nice logo on them too. Of course you have to be able to hand write things ...
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Home - SPOT Satellite Messenger
If your family is paranoid or you just want a live updating tracklog for your blog, this device sounds perfect.
It is a GPS receiver that has a couple of buttons on it that you can press to send your location every 20 minutes, sending a specific "check in message", notify family of an emergency, or the big red button, one that screams SOS!!! to the emergency rescue folks... the guys with the big helicopters. The SOS button has mandatory insurance behind it, I think.
It is really new and I'm eagerly reading about peoples' experiences with it.
The biggest problem I see with it is if you're ridingn through an area with REALLLY bad coverage like a stormy mountain region for a couple of days, you could cause a false panic with the family -- again like others have mentioned, by expectations.
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the big red button, one that screams SOS!!! to the emergency rescue folks... the guys with the big helicopters. The SOS button has mandatory insurance behind it, I think.
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Not the COPAS EPIRB system then .. so not the emergency people directly here in Australia then. Nor Britain, Europe ...
Once your away from the noraml business/tourist routes (think Congo) I think 'the big helicopters' won't be coming for you . Mainly because some places don't even have hospitals nor ambulances...
Googled and found ..
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Err, s**t was used in relative terms, obviously you don't rush home if the dog got lost but if your house burnt down I think you would want to get home as quick as possible. Well I would anyway.
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I think it depends..... if family/friends are used to getting an email/SMS every few days they're going to worry if you disappear for several weeks news, and rightly so, thats what friends/family do !
If I'm going 'walkabout' I let them know so they wont worry, if I'm parked for a while with easy net access we chat several times a week. I've been wandering since Nov 2003 so they're used to me now.
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My mate was threatening to send in Russel Crowe when I hadn't updated my blog or emailed for a while when I was in Colombia. Thankfully that wasn't necessary.
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