Opinions on safety of dropbox ???

[Richard O'Neill]

On 8/3/2014 7:16 PM, Mark Whittington wrote:
> In my opinion, the object lesson there is: two is one, one is none.

  That's correct as far as it goes. One backpacker told me his story of 
carrying a backup compass but when he became disoriented the pair 
pointed in different directions which didn't help find his way. He now 
carries three compasses. There's a lesson in there somewhere.

Richard