Sat phones will ban themselves...all they need is a litttle more time. Break a leg in the Bob's and your bear foder...I wonder if a bear has bad breath, curious because that would probably be the last thing one would smell... :oI  like these concepts of wilderness...no sat phones, no help, and no people...but I am confronted with those desires and the knowledge that probably the only way that one can really do this know is in the far north...and most likely very early and late in the season and on obscure rivers. Hey has any one ever paddle siberia, china,or the middle east during their rainy season?