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I love my InReach Mini but have never needed to press that SOS button and was wondering what would happen if I ever do.

Several FEET of snow fell during the next 12 hours, and the daytime temperature never rose above 15°F (with a windchill of 3°F). I quickly explained my location (even though they had my precise GPS coordinates) and that I was worried I wasn’t likely to make it safely through another night given the unending blizzard and my gear’s conditions. I wanted to hit some trails that wouldn’t require me to resupply in small communities or risk contracting/spreading the virus. I planned to start my thru-hike at the beginning of September when the temperature in Utah was still hovering in the mid-90s, and the state was experiencing record-breaking heat and fires. I’m fairly certain the pilot signaled me by blinking a blue light on and off, but maybe I was hallucinating.As you might have already guessed, I would encounter a moment when my Garmin inReach Mini would ultimately save my life. g., trespassing) or while engaged in grossly negligent act, then there’s a greater likelihood the person will have to pay for their extraction – especially if it occurred in Hawaii, Idaho, Maine, and Oregon.

However, the weather forecast also showed unseasonably cold temperatures descending on day 4 of my journey. Rescue costs could, however, become reimbursable depending on the circumstances involved and what state it occurs in. I wasn’t heading out on some grand expedition in Antarctica or on FKT attempt where people might want to track my exact route. One thing I’ve read is that there could be potential costs for using the InReach due to everything going through a privatized satellite system. Not long after it got dark, I received a message that a helicopter was en route to my location and 35 minutes out.In New Hampshire you can almost certainly expect to pay for your rescue, regardless of the circumstances. Yes, all the communication between myself and the SAR coordinator were done as texts through the Garmin Earthmate App. Upon reflection though, I came to realize, the issues preventing me from hiking out of there were the very same set of factors that was going to make my rescue so difficult. Cobey – When it comes to a life and death situation, money shouldn’t be most people’s primary consideration. Plenty of my fellow hikers and backpackers will read about my near-miss and continue to assume they don’t need a GPS locator on their solo backcountry adventures.

Yet, the obvious downside to hiking off-the-beaten-path would be the lack of other hikers around to help me if something went terribly wrong. And so, I reluctantly flipped open the cover on the SOS button my my inReach Mini and I got ready to press it to trigger a rescue. Knowing I had a way to communicate, no matter how far I was from a cell tower, was like having the benefits of a hiking partner, while still allowing me to hike solo. Look, I’d read Aron Ralson’s book, Between a Rock and a Hard Place (which was later made into the movie 127 Hours starring James Franco).However, I suspect plenty of people might actually hesitate if they stop to consider what their rescue bills might amount to in some parts of the U. Being able to send my family a preset message each evening to let them know I was alive was reassuring for all of us. But I would never have taken the extreme measure of pressing the SOS button unless I was ready to cross over the threshold of summoning a real-world rescue.