The Adventure Life with Steve Casimiro Gear Review: SPOT Satellite Messenger

Published May 20, 2008



Text and photo by West Coast Editor Steve Casimiro

The most important outdoor product of the last couple years isn’t a jacket, trail shoe, kayak, or mountain bike. It’s the SPOT Satellite Messenger, which lets you call for help almost anywhere in the world via the Globalstar satellite network.

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