bogged english tourist

all's well that ends well !

Good survival skill’s, obviously new how to handle the situation. Stayed with the 4WD maybe tried to get him-self out of the bog or wait for another traveller to come by, then after all that failed he chose to set of the EPIBE and get the rescue team in.

Good to see it all ended well for once, there have been to many needles deaths in the outback lately.

If all sensible 4x4 owners were to stay with their vehicles, until all else falied then use the epirb. That way we would have far fewer deaths in this inhospitable land that can attack even the most experienced of four wheel drivers. Break a crankshaft, or put a hole in the block, and you aint going any where. If some one passes you by and lends a helping hand , its your lucky day. Once the water and food have goneTHATS the time to set off the EPIRB.

WEST of Derby would put him out in the Indian Ocean somewhere, never get out of that bog.
I was always led to believe that an EPIRB should only be activated when the situation is a matter of life or death. I don't think the being bogged comes into that category, I may be wrong.
Perhaps a more accurate position of where he was stranded may help
open to discussion
Cheers

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Tim