Satphone experiences...

While I have friends and family, they don't expect me to check in on a regular basis so the cost of a sat phone just isn't warranted. A PLB on the other hand is fairly inexpensive insurance, especially since I generally camp solo and often don't know from one day to the next where I'll be camped. While it's nice to believe I can always self rescue, I'm not naive enough to believe there is no situation I can't get myself out of. Sure it would be embarrassing to have your rescue shown on TV, but I'll take that embarrassment over attempting to crawl 20+ miles out of the middle of nowhere with a broken leg, or having search and rescue find my body because I only made it 10 of those miles.