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As of this month, there are more than 1,100 active inReach® devices in Puerto Rico and surrounding islands. Those devices have sent more than 356,000 messages in the days and weeks following Hurricanes Maria and Irma. We received a number of emails from subscribers who shared with us how their inReach devices played roles in [...] The post inReach: Connecting with Family and Friends...

Update: Garmin recently followed up with Dan, and he has recovered well, got back outdoors and achieved one of his adventure goals. Read more below. From the heights of the Himalayas in Nepal to the frigid North Atlantic to the salt flats of Bolivia, there have been more than 2,000 rescues where an inReach® device [...] The post inReach: More Than 2,000 Rescues Worldwide...

When Pamela and Sebastian Blanchard first learned that Hurricane Irma could make landfall in the Florida Keys, they had a decision to make. They lived with their dog Leila aboard a 1979 Morgan 382 sailboat at a harbor in Marathon, Florida, and they were concerned about their vessel enduring the storm. After consulting weather reports [...] The post inReach: U.S. Coast Guard Rescues Sailors...