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David and Cheryl Byng originally bought inReach® satellite communication devices simply because their lifestyle called for it. Hiking through the backcountry on long wilderness trips, trotting around the world and traveling by motorcycle to remote locations were just some of their typical activities. “We were going places where there was limited capability for medical response,” [...] The post Operation Wallacea Utilizes inReach for Research...

Every year, Duane Konyn participates in a fantasy basketball league with his brothers. In the spring of 2019, he was the lucky winner of the coveted pool of money. “I told my wife that with the money, I was going to buy this cool inReach, for safety reasons,” Konyn said. “If not for winning, I’m [...] The post The 4,000th inReach SOS Incident: An...

David Lawrence and his wife, Kimberly, were both asleep on the night of May 31 — David on a boat off the coast of the Galapagos, Kimberly back at home in Florida — when a nightmare began to unravel. David was leading a diving trip, and the chartered boat was making its way toward their [...] The post Scuba Diving Instructor Triggers SOS After...