Ed Cooley Rescued From Arkansas Wilderness

[James Shadle]

Many of you know Ed Cooley from online Nature Photography Communities.

Listed below is the URL for Ed's and his son in-law's blog that detail Ed's harrowing day in the Arkansas wilderness.
http://whiterivergallery.com/blog/
http://www.traviswilliams.net/twin-falls-miracle-details/

Below is a link to the device that aided in his rescue and possible saved his life.
Looks like a personal EPIRB .
http://www.findmespot.com/en/

[Bruce Enns]

Sounds pretty scary! Glad he's recovering.

My wife Kat and I own and use a SPOT device when out in 'the bush' working. It is inexpensive to both purchase and subscribe to the service...you basically set up some email addresses to which the SPOT will send your OK or help messages. The 911 button results in a call to 911 that includes your GPS coords and also sends a message to your emergency contact.

Really simple and cool technology that played at least some part in saving Ed's life.

Highly recommended for anyone out there in remote places, alone or not.

Bruce

[Grady Weed]

WOW! Talk about a near really bad day. Glad to hear he made it out.

[Arlon Motsch]

I have a PLB (personal locator beacon) I used to carry in my boat. I saw them advertised for outdoors people, not just boaters. Maybe I should dig mine out of the junk box and start carrying it in my fanny pack! One of those things you never need until you need..

[Tony Whitehead]

There is an iPhone app that will transmit an email with your GPS location but obviously requires cellular coverage.