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Just recently our inReach technology was used for a situation which we don’t see every day – helping a group of backcountry hikers evade a tribal war in Indonesia and making it home safely. Tommy Danger and his team were in the remote area of Papua climbing the 5th of the 7 Summits on an [...] The post inReach: Escape through the Gold Mine...

Another rescue is in the books for inReach and it’s communication technology, which helped save the lives of Steve Mitchell and his friend Jake. They were stranded in the wilderness with minimal survival gear, deep snow, and 15 degree temperatures. What started out like a normal day at the Mitchell family cabin with Steve riding [...] The post inReach: Be Prepared Wherever You Are...

Just recently the Fletcher family of the S/V Luna-C were rescued in the North Atlantic Ocean. This was only possible because of their inReach satellite communicator. Here’s Linda Fletcher describing the stressful experience in her own words. We were trying to get to the Caribbean and started having troubles our second day out (from Beaufort, [...] The post inReach: Fletcher Family Saved in North...