I can answer!downunder wrote: ↑Tue Jul 27, 2021 1:25 pmHow naive is to think that gadgets can help everyone. Like, if there is ONE epirb on the boat, would it be ok to save one life but not all 3? U guys realise that PTSP takes life(s) after the events? And maybe it is better to die than live with a ptsp and struggle till the end? What about the family who need to struggle with a ptsp person?
This are all very unplesant questions no one has answer.
People just dont die when kiting. People die in extreme situations regardles of what the activity is. Risk of getting in extreme situation in kiting is minimal.
3 people on a boat, and 1 locator beacon, means that all 3 people in the boat will likely be rescued.
PTSD related deaths are not prevented by use of a locator beacon. They are prevented by counseling/psychological intervention. Just like a helmet protects your head, but not your toes or wrists.
First step is to stay alive from the most immediate danger, then the next, then the next, and so on. Try not to get yourself killed by an immediate danger because you were worried about dying of old age in the distant future.