Rookie,

How's your planning going?  If you haven't settled anything yet, I am interested in discussing this with you.   I solo in the BW, usually 2-3 times per season and September is always on the itinerary.  Like you, my wife worries about me and this would lessen her fears... maybe.  The entire solo process (planning through exit and all the solitary experience in-between) invigorates me.  On the other hand, there is a quote in the most recent BWJ that rings true for me...   "The seasoned solo tripper will feel wilderness magic known only to those traveling alone - and wish a thousand times over for someone to share it with".  The idea of having an association on the front end and back end of a trip with a loose communication tether in the middle sounds just like what the doctor (or wife) ordered.