Re: Motorola Defy Satellite Link
Yeah. Inreach mini 2 promises 10 days battery with it tracking all day. What I heard on the trail last year confirmed it. Pairs of hikers with mini 1 and mini 2 and the latter lasted nearly ten days.
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Anand Kumar Sankaran
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Re: Motorola Defy Satellite Link
I bring my cellphone for photos and GPS anyway so I'm already committed to
maintaining it's battery. That is one thing I like about Spot3 over others
is the use of regular batteries vs recharging. A
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Curt Kinchen
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Re: Motorola Defy Satellite Link
the 'Somewear' folks have been providing a similar sat hotspot add-on device for some time now.
InReach is more expensive but it's also self contained, with an add-on you need to maintain 2 power
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Neil Wilson
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Re: Motorola Defy Satellite Link
Battery life - ¡°many days¡±. It¡¯s 2.1 oz 600 mAh battery.
30 messages for $5 per month with unlimited SOS assistance.
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Anand Kumar Sankaran
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Re: Motorola Defy Satellite Link
I am curious about these questions:
* What is the battery life?
* Can this send bread crumbs out for location data?
* What is the cost of messages - outgoing and incoming? Per message?
Or how
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Derek Koonce
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Re: Motorola Defy Satellite Link
I'm a Spot user and this definitely would be a cheaper option. I looked
at the Bullitt site, the company that provides the SOS feature, and it
wasn't clear to me if when used without a cell phone
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Curt Kinchen
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Re: Motorola Defy Satellite Link
I hope this makes Garmin drop the $30 annual initiation fee.
<anand.sankaran@...> wrote:
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Anand Kumar Sankaran
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Re: Motorola Defy Satellite Link
Wow, thank you. $100 for the device, $5m per month. Works with any phone.
Too good to be true. I just got the Garmin Inreach Mini2, but this is
something to definitely look out for in the
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Anand Kumar Sankaran
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Motorola Defy Satellite Link
Potentially interesting new product:
https://www.tomsguide.com/news/this-new-dollar99-gadget-turns-any-phone-into-a-satellite-phone
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ravi_jmt2013
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Re: YARTS 2023 schedule
Thanks. That is what I did.
Mike
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Mike McCormick
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Re: YARTS 2023 schedule
I think we looked at different pages on their website.
When I checked the YARTS site I linked to the route from the map, https://yarts.com/routes/mammoth-lakes-hwy-120e-395/. That page only lists the
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Frank
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Re: YARTS 2023 schedule
When I look at the Yosemite Valley to Mammoth Lakes I see two trips per day in each direction. What am I missing?
Thanks, Mike
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Mike McCormick
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YARTS 2023 schedule
YARTS.com was updated with the 2023 schedules.
395/120E Yosemite-Mammoth Lakes bus will be running July 1 - October 1, 2023 when Tioga Pass is open. Only 1 bus per day this year.
Frank
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Frank
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Re: Mile... Mile and a Half
Thank you. It was well done & brought back many good memories.
*Melinda*
*Melinda Mingus, MD*
*Integrative Pain Medicine*
*Board Certified Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine*
*Diplomate in Mountain
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Melinda Mingus
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Re: Mile... Mile and a Half
Great photography and fun trip. I didn't like seeing all the campfires - decidedly non LNT. Could believe those pick weights but they were carrying all that equipment!? convinced me that if I do the
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judithsmcguire
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Re: Mile... Mile and a Half
Good movie.
Took me back to my JMT hike. Very similar camping stops. Although I did notice they put their tents up on grass several times. I'm glad I didn't have to deal with all the snow they
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WanderingJim
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Re: Mile... Mile and a Half
Watching it right now!
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Andrew Paisley
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Re: Mile... Mile and a Half
Definitely worth a watch!
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Terry
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Re: Mile... Mile and a Half
Thanks for sharing this. I just watched it and really enjoyed it. Lovely to see all the familiar places. It's also available free on
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Ger Murphy
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Re: Mile... Mile and a Half
Awesome Movie. I watch it every winter as I see this as an essential hiking season prep effort ;-)
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Rick A.
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