# Duct Tape saves lost hiker in mountains.

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**Created:** [May 20, 2016, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duct-tape-saves-lost-hiker-in-mountains/755261 "2016-05-20T22:29:48Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 23, 2016, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duct-tape-saves-lost-hiker-in-mountains/755261/21 "2016-05-23T04:02:45Z")

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> [@bb49](#):
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> I would have spelled out **SOS**. Fewer letters and then could have made them larger.

Yeah, but sometimes you end up with “SOL” and then the astronaut thinks you’re sending him a salute or something.

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