NOAA Satellites Helped Save a Record 421 Lives in 2019
I have one of these beacons and take it with me most times I&#x27;m going out alone into the wilderness. I don&#x27;t want to be the guy who had to cut his own arm off after it got trapped by a falling boulder.<p>That being said, this is an interesting spin on the number. I&#x27;ve been hearing from friends on Search and Rescue crews that an increasing number of people are going out hiking being completely unprepared for any possible emergency, thinking that they&#x27;ll just use their cell phone if anything goes wrong. I wonder if any of these beacon carriers fall closer into that camp than true serious conditions, though I suspect that simply carrying a beacon puts you in a higher preparedness bracket than the cell-phone only crew.