Carrying Skis in a Single...

"Peter Duniho" wrote:
Airplanes are very good at getting a person away from cell phone
service. You may not be able to contact anyone with your cell phone.
This is probably the biggest hole in your idea; cell phone coverage is
still quite limited away from urban areas in the US. Take a satellite
phone if you want near-certainty of being able to contact someone.

Any advantage to having a satellite phone and a handheld GPS versus a 406
MHz ELT (the ones capable of being detected by satellites)? I would think
the ELT accomplishes almost the same purpose and is designed to handle some
crashes, whereas a satellite phone and GPS unit likely aren't all that
rugged.