"Mary Owen was surprised by a whiteout"
Imagine that: an unauthorized whiteout on a big mountain in winter.
Solution: carry a SPOT!
Why yes, of course I am being cynical. I tend to get that way when read lines as quoted above and the word "SPOT" enters the conversation.
I don't carry a SPOT. I don't want to have to depend on a mommy-button-cum-technological failure. However, I DO leave a hiking plan, a bail-out time plan/come search HERE if you don't hear from me by this time plan -- even for dayhikes, a post-it on my windshield: after this date call here plan..blah-blah-blah....and if all fails, bring on the crystal balls.
