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Re: Missing hikers in emigrant

Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2016 8:07 am
by austex
Delorme Inreach SE =awesome. Handshake tells you msg received and can 2 way txt. GPS too. Uses Iridium Sat system, very reliable...ReConn good too. No batteries required!
Like the old Amex commercial "don't leave home w/o it"

Re: Missing hikers in emigrant

Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2016 3:51 pm
by Wandering Daisy
I do not understand the reluctance to simply turn back and return the way you came when you run into too much snow of difficult terrain. I have retreated plenty of itmes. It beats trying uncertain new routes forward.