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...ambition to be a struggle for them," he says.Near the end of that leg came the one and only time Metz used the satellite phone he carried to call in an emergency food drop via a float plane after he realized he wouldn't reach the town where...
...Outdoor Recreation. Other life-saving items boaters should have include communications devices, like radios, satellite phones and emergency position indicating radio beacons (EPIRB). Some EPIRBs are deployed manually; others react with...
...started June 11, and as was expected climbing with prosthetics, it's been a slow slog. Daily short updates via satellite phone are posted on the Internet, provided by either the climbers or members of their guiding group, Mountain Trip. The...
...continuing to their camp, which was about a mile away. Back in camp, Caleb bandaged his father's head and they used a satellite phone to call Moretz's wife, Kristy, in Fairbanks at around 11:30 p.m. After a few frantic minutes because of a...
...where the intended destination is and how long the trip is expect to take. It's also advisable to carry a cell or satellite phone, which can be rented, when traveling deep into the backcountry, just in case a bear encounter turns negative or...
...been searching since Johnson's hunting companion, Grant Gaberino, also of Anchorage, reported him missing by satellite phone late Sunday night. Severe weather hampered searches earlier this week, but pararescuers were able to contact Gaberino...
...working as YRC's project leader/group leader and I had my first encounter with "high risk." A youth during his satellite phone call home received word a close young family member had taken their own life. An issue that plagues Alaska youth...
...a pretty intense transit," Cmdr. Greg Tlapa, the executive officer of the Healy, told The Associated Press by satellite phone Monday afternoon as the icebreaker was about 111 miles south-southwest of Nome. He described conditions outside...
...economy, and -- until recently -- the purity of 19th century nature: clean, intact, and healthy. While wireless, satellite phone and GPS coverage spread, oil and fish supplies decrease, and the wild nature we have taken for granted is changing...
...was going up there. Mark's trip was incredible for him, excruciating for me. I was OK until the guy with the satellite phone changed his mind a couple of days into the climb. This meant little, if any, communication something I considered...