About two weeks ago my brother was hiking with his dog for a week in northern Utah and had knee problems at 10,000 ft. Realizing that he couldn't make it down he activated his Spot device and within 2 hours a helicopter arrived and flew him down to the parking lot. It was an anxious two hours for us, but he was above the tree line and easily spotted. He's been hiking for the last 30 years. First time he's had to activate it. Thank God he had it. I don't know kind of Spot device he has, but it's an older model. He intends to purchase an updated model now though.
Last edited by Jch; 09/09/16 08:10 PM.
