My wife is old and crippled. I am neither.
Her imagination is vivid. And she is anxious.
Not a great combo for an adventurer.
I recommend to all of you to consider a satellite communicator.
Brand hardly matters.
You can dictate a message into your phone and send it in any format you like.
If she’s convinced you fell off a Cliff, you can send confirmation of life in 2 clicks. Then forget about her.
Turn it on a few weeks before a season, get used to sending messages or receiving them, and then turn it off at the end of your season, then do it again next year. You won’t regret it.
There are all kinds of other reasons to use one, but I’ll bet 99% of the men out there toting a In-reach, are secretly doing it for that reason.
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