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I just upgraded my Verizon phone to a new waterproof, shockproof, and sand/dirtproof phone. It can even be dunked up to 30 feet under water (and record video underwater and pictures with a 2 megapixel camera). It has a plastic loop on it to secure it to something with a small caribeener. It even has 4 split stop watches accurate to within 1/100 of a second. It also has an LED flashlight. It seems like a worthwhile investment for the rigors of BASE jumping.

http://estore.vzwshop.com/gzone/

Or just buy a "disposable" $10 pay-as-you-go phone.

I frequently do back country jumping where the loss of a phone could be absolutely critical for survival.

Thanks 460! I’m in need of a new phone. The one I have got wet and no longer works properly. I have been wondering if those assholes had ever heard of rain.

better yet - a ziplock bag

Sounds good, but I'll wait till they add a laser range finder feature too.

Nokia 5140i is also a good survival phone,to that you can even get a gps cover to so you can tell the resucers were your exact located...
http://europe.nokia.com/link?cid=EDITORIAL_5495

Not as smooth looking as your phone through..

edit :to correct the name and add a link

yes this is a great phone..i had this until the display broke down, now i have a nokia 5500 and this phone survived a waterlanding (10min under water), still working...

I had a Nokia 8390 that went into the Snake River with me. Three days of drying and it still didn't work, so I bought a new phone. Another week later and the 8390 started working. I'll still pop my SIM into it and take it along when I think there's a good change it might rain or I might land in water.

It's good to have a backup.

he he the first day i had my 5140 i took it to a jump(no big deale) then went to a pub had a few pints opened the phone(you can take the cover off)then i by accsident droped a pint of beer into the phone(directly to the metal work/print),i took off the battery,cleaned it below freshwater left it at a radiator 1,5 day on medium heat,as i took on the cover and turned on the phone it worked right away...

Oh but(most for americans) dont place your phone in a microwave oven unless you want it to die it looks cool and the tecnic guy cant figure out how the components has poped out of the print and got welded onto other places but hey if you have a great service you´ll get a new phone for free as i did..(nooo i didnt do it on purpose.. that would be criminal right? )

My waterproof phone is good down to 30 feet indefinitely. It also has a GPS navigator or at least a GPS map navigator for road travel (according to their webpage but I haven't tried this feature). It's not an international phone though since it doesn't support 900 MHz. For pure rescue in truly remote locations, their are satellite transponders that work well but they can be a little bulky. Check out an hiking/climbing magazines and you can find them there.

I hope Sprint/Nextel has waterproof model. My Nokia took an unauthorized swim in the Snake River today.........Fucker.

I have a spare for everything except a phone.

Excellent!