Hiker lost for 10 days found alive in Northern California mountains. Lucky to be alive!!

https://www.foxnews.com/us/hiker-lost-10-days-found-alive-northern-california-mountains

Went on a 3 hour hike, never told anyone, took 5 days til someone reports him missing.

Wow.

"The first night, though, was cold, and his only supplies were a pair of scissors and a night-vision scope"

hmmmm....

It was a planned 3 hour hike. He got very lucky because we all know what happened to Gilligan and friends when they set sail for their 3 hour tour...

Not for nothing I’m about to upgrade my phone to one that has satellite emergency capability. And I think the last time I went for any hike without a power bank was before we had the term “power bank.”

Yikes. I’m glad he’s okay.

Are there any non Apple out yet? I was looking at Garmin's inreach but if there are phones out now that have the capability then it would be worth it to go that route.

T-Mobile with their partnership with SpaceX is expected to allow direct to sat text messages before the end of the year on ordinary 4G/LTE phones.