Condsideration for Tracking on Your SatCom Device

Take a look at that first story.  Anyone else get the impression that he was taking a selfie?

no on tracking necessary to go outside

my response was dumb…my apologies.

Even if you aren’t actively trying out for this year’s Darwin Awards, stuff happens. It’s happened to me too many times, and 2020 was no exception.

So a satellite tracker is standard equipment while backpacking, just like my trail running shoes and pack. Life goes on.

— Rex

Been using SPOT Gen. 3 for the past 6 years. Wish I had a full size Garmin In-Reach to replace both my SPOT 3 and my old Garmin Colorado GPS.

I consider the costs associated with owning rescues beacons cheap “life insurance” and for my wife, good assurance B/C she can track my trip with the SPOT website.

Great discussion.   On my previous spot and my current mini, I use tracking on every trip I go on.  Most are off trail, solo, and spontaneous.  Gotta give loved ones and potential SAR a general idea of you position within a 10 min time span.  Usually at my pace that is about 1/2 sq mile in the worst case scenario.  The bonus is the sat comms.

Starting to think turning on tracking when things “go vertical“ may be a good thing.