Had they not relied on the cellular phone, they could and would have figured out how to get themselves down on their own. They would have learned from their bad judgment. Because of technology, even remote sections of the backcountry are more accessible than ever before. For reasons beyond the scope of this column, the outdoors have never been more popular, particularly in western America. The combination of accessibility, popularity, and the substitution of good judgment for expensive technology makes the rivers, deserts, mountains and forests of America traps for the unwary, the inexperienced, the acolytes of technology and dues paying members of the 911 Society.
Bad judgment gives experience which can lead to good judgment.
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