I like Bill's idea on Pepper Spray, and letting people know when, where, and about how long you will be out.


I was at a local sporting good store yesterday (looking for smoke flares for a shoot [:P]), and I came across a small 1"x1/2" keychain whistle for those stranded and lost hiking in the forest. That maybe a good thing to have as well as an alternative to a rape whistle!


Also, I think many people have hesitancy using Craiglist especially with the crimes apparently associated with them. Flickr typically has a local Flickr Meet Group that meets up with local photographers in your area to do monthly shoots. I know there were dozens of photographers that attended my local Flickr meetup to shoot a Special Olympics Polar Plunge couple months ago!! []


-Tak