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Mainsail | 1 year ago

I haven't looked at what is directly impacted yet, but this is an oversimplification. Assuming it is all Garmin services down, I've personally used my inReach for the following situations that have no real map involvement:

- Coordination of supply drops during multi-day backcountry ski tours.

- Weather updates in the Rocky Mountains where weather can change in an instant.

- Contacting a personal dispatch POC over messaging during an avalanche injury that required SAR without having to hit the SOS button.

Additionally, my wife relies on her inReach mini every day as a safety net as a biologist in remote areas of Colorado. Most people I encounter in the outdoors space rarely use their Garmin for navigation. Instead they use an app akin to onX, Gaia, CalTopo, etc.

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