Experienced bushmen???

Men experienced, not 'idiots', say family

This is about a pair of blokes that perished near the desert in central Western Australia.
The mother of the younger bloke reckons they were 'well-experienced bushmen'. I mean really, if they were so experienced would they be stupid enough to go into the middle of the boonies with very little water supply, communications and maps!?!

Even if they only had a decent map which showed the location of water wells along the track they would be alive today. They walked 7km in the wrong direction to try and find water, when a well was 9km away in the opposite direction. If they had an Codan style HF radio or satellite phone, which are becoming quite economical, they could've called for assistance.

The final piece of safety equipment they could have used is an EPIRB that would transmit a distress signal and location to the authorities. I don't agree with people getting one of these and thinking that's all they need for a trip out to the bush, as it is for emergency use only, not because you've got a flat tyre and your GSM mobile isn't in range... That's what a satellite phone or Codan style HF radio are for.

They may be 'experienced bushmen'in that these blokes lived in the bush, but in my book they're still 'idiots' and have paid for it with their lives.