The great slide vs no slide debate

toedtoes wrote:

klutchdust wrote:

toedtoes wrote:

klutchdust wrote:
Bottom line, relax, there is assistance available wherever you roam, enjoy yourself.

That isn't necessarily true. I routinely camp in remote areas with no cell service. If I can't fix it myself, I have to hope someone comes along who can. And if I can get a hold of someone to come out, they are likely to charge me a significant amount for the 3+ hour round trip.

Now, this does not prevent me from having a slide or anything else. But, it does convince me I should know how to fix certain things - and those are the things that would prevent me from getting home or out of the forest. If the fridge door falls off, I can work around it. If the slide won't go in, I have to get it in.

I simply don't have a slide because I don't feel any need for one.

Splitting hairs. I camp where there is no one either but we have others with us. I have off road vehicles that I can travel 90 miles one way if the need arises on one tank of fuel. I have cb radios. Go out in the desert with a cb, they are people out there.
My crews safety or our need to be helped,rescued,assisted to allow us to travel on has no price tag. If money is an issue, stay in a hotel, then you can just pick up the phone.

I don't really understand your post. I simply pointed out that your prior statement is not completely accurate and now you are suggesting that I belong in a hotel? And being out in the desert off-roading isn't really the same as camping in the Sierras, etc. What works for one area doesn't work for another.