Rescue and a casualty in Death Valley

[Kibo]

Such a sad story, but hopefully we can all learn from this--what would we do in a similar situation, and how can we be better prepared for such an emergency?

Like Flux, I have young kids so an InReach was a no-brainer (although, the justification was actually that I needed a tracker for mountain biking the Colorado Trail Race last year).

It's great that we have access to technology like this these days, but not everyone can justify the expense. For anyone that's on the fence or hasn't considered buying one, maybe reconsider...cost vs consequences (risk-based decision making).