Too often I read of RNLI rescues at sea where casualties are given advice about going to sea without proper means of communication. It now seems the norm that people venture to the outdoors with little more than a phone as a means of help if things go awry. The advent of smartphones has instilled people with a false sense of safety, a feeling that they can go anywhere and yet remain within calling distance of assistance when things go wrong. Sadly, all too often this misguided notion of safety has proven fatal in recent months in the mountains of
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