I do most of my hiking solo and mostly off trail but very few others will join me. I am old, fat and slow <G>. I did not have the satellite messengers such as the SPOT or InReach but rather went with a satellite PLB which used the military satellites and don't have a subscription free. It keeps my wife happy to think help may be a push of a button away when I'm in the wilderness. I'll be solo hiking from Cottonwood Pass TH to Mt. Whitney and back via New Army Pass over the next couple of weeks. My wife is making sure I am radio'd up for this trip.
I agree. Any of these emergency satellite systems would have been a great help for that guy who injured himself. Like buying auto insurance, you hope you never need to use it but it is nice to know that you have it "just in case."
I don't want to be "that guy".
