One safety-related device that can really spark a debate among backpackers is the satellite communicator. On one hand you have a group that argues they interfere with the wildness of the backcountry. And on the other hand you have a group that argues they are an essential…
Home is behind, the world ahead, And there are many paths to tread Through the shadows to the edge of night, Until the stars are all alight. - J.R.R. Tolkien