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In May 2019, Daniel Acton of Northwest Territories, Canada, set out for a fishing trip with friends on Kakisa Lake. None of them could have imagined what ensued that day. In his own words, Acton shared with Garmin the details of what became a very close call. “May long weekend is the first sign of [...] The post Life Jackets and inReach Save Capsized...

As an experienced aviator, Air Force retiree and founder of a paragliding company in Arkansas, Britton Shaw purchased an inReach® Explorer satellite communicator after imagining all the emergency scenarios that can occur while up in the air. When the need for an SOS occurred, however, Shaw was very much on the ground. He was perched [...] The post Paraglider Caught in Rock Slide Goes...

Sitting atop a capsized 26’ Glacier Bay catamaran 35 miles off the coast of Homosassa, Florida, Lincoln Fraser’s wife had a major “I told you so” moment. Months prior, Lincoln had bought an inReach® satellite communicator, aware that he always lost cellphone service about five miles offshore while out fishing. But on March 30, his [...] The post Last-minute Decision Proves to Be Valuable...