GearCrave Giveaway: The Spot Satellite Messenger (x4!)
Adventure travel, from kayaking to mountain climbing to deep woods hiking does not come without risks. Wherever you go in nature, force majeure can rear its ugly head without a moments notice. For every white-out snow storm, flash flood and animal attack, man’s chances of survival are threatened. In recent history, many of these events have led to sad news stories, where just a little bit of communication could have saved lives. Adventurous GearCravers should take note: there is one ultimate safety net for adventure travel: the SPOT Satellite Messenger. Continue reading to learn why SPOT is the ideal travel companion for any adventure, and how you can win one of four SPOT Satellite Messengers from GearCrave.com.
SPOT is the world’s first satellite messenger, a device designed to save lives and track the progress of our adventures. SPOT works by using the GPS satellite network to acquire its coordinates, and then sending its location – with a link to Google Maps – and a pre-programmed message via a commercial satellite network. Unlike your mobile phone, SPOT works anywhere in the world, without fail.
SPOT has four basic functions: 1) help, 2) check in, 3) track progress and 4) alert 911. The “help” function allows you to request help from friends or family at your exact location. The “check in” function lets contacts know where you are and that you’re okay. You can also “track progress” by sending and saving your location and allowing your contacts to track your progress using Google Maps. Last, you can dispatch emergency responders to your exact location with the “alert 911″ function.
Beyond the emergency response and communication tools of SPOT, there is a broad range of other applications for this technology. If you want to mark your secret fishing spot on your own adventure map, SPOT will do that. If you’re aboard a boat and want to plot your course home from an island trip, SPOT can mark this all out for you. If you’re just outside of your cell phone’s range of reception and need to shoot a quick message to your family, SPOT will do that too. While it is designed for emergency response and one-way contact on an adventure, a smart SPOT user can get a lot more out of the system.
How to Win a Free SPOT Satellite Messenger from SPOT and GearCrave
To qualify for the SPOT Satellite Messenger giveaway, you must sign up and comment. Here’s how:
- Sign up for the GearCrave email newsletter. (you can do so here, unless you’ve already signed up for a prior contest)
- Comment on this page– share with us an adventure trip you’ve been on where SPOT might have come in handy… We’ll then pick three winners at random next Monday. (US readers only)
It’s that simple. Best of luck GearCravers, and thanks to our friends at SPOT Inc. for joining GearCrave in this great giveaway. This contest will end on Sunday, June 15th 2008 at 11:59p.m. Winners will be announced the next day.
Be sure to visit the SPOT website to learn more about SPOT including videos by SPOT spokesperson Les Stroud, host of Survivorman on the Discovery Channel. If you’d like a SPOT messenger now, you can get one before Father’s Day by ordering online for $169.99.
Buy: $169.99