dduelin
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This young man is extremely lucky. His friends found him still alive 3 days after crashing his bike and going down into a wooded ravine. Location sharing could have helped rescuers find him much faster.
If you are riding alone and don't carry a dedicated location sharing device like a Spot Tracker consider an app or setting on your phone that shares your location with family or a trusted friend. Phone apps only work inside of cell phone coverage but even off the grid your last cell tower ping could give clues as to the route your took from there. SPOTs and other low earth satellite based geo locators will work when phone coverage is lost.
If you are riding alone and don't carry a dedicated location sharing device like a Spot Tracker consider an app or setting on your phone that shares your location with family or a trusted friend. Phone apps only work inside of cell phone coverage but even off the grid your last cell tower ping could give clues as to the route your took from there. SPOTs and other low earth satellite based geo locators will work when phone coverage is lost.