[davidpm]

What I'm really afraid of for this young lady is the pressures that she is under now. Even if she has figured out by herself that she is in way over her head what can she do? The event has propelled her to international fame. Her media handlers and sponsors are super excited that now they can capitalize on this and spin a fantastic story of courage and determination and make potentially millions.

It would take an extraordinary adult to to face those pressures and economic realities and truthfully say, "I'm not ready".

For a 16 year old to face her parents dreams and the sponsors and media people and make a real personal decision would be one in thousands.

It will be way easier for her to continue and die trying. Now that is really sad.

I'm 58 years old and have been running a computer company for 20 years and it took me several weeks to be reasonably comfortable with a garmon Colorado. But even now it surprises me with some details and idiosyncrasies on occasion after using it almost daily for three months.

This young lady has a very sophisticated electronics setup, probably a hundred times more complicated than my handheld, and was down below during the collision. If I had to guess she was messing with the nav equipment that she only superficially understands.