I am glad you slowed down, took a breath and cooled off there Noel and thanks for keeping the conversation civil. As to "us telling others how they should fly", thats exactly the opposite of what we are advocating. In fact it is you who are passing judgement on those of us who prefer to take more of a non-tec-dependant approach to the sport. Your very words, quote "those who dont use tracking devices are irresponsible". Now who is judging who?

As to our sport being filled with old opinionated cranky geezers, well it is. Our soirt is aged for a variety of reasons, one of which being, those who advocate for the necesity of having all of the latest n greatest in tecno gizmos have priced the majority of young people right out of the sport.
As to the original reason for some of our posts, some of us "old cranks" have been there-done- that when it comes to xc and instrumentation failing. Maybe we, since we started flying in a limited electro age of soaring, have found ways to fly efficiently, stay alive AND keep our loved ones informed of our wearabouts without overt dependance on outside aids. You might want to give that some thought. Besides you should respect your elders lol