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The actual application appears to be tracking paragliders. Helium just provides the internet hotspot: > Over the course of a week, supported by Tommy and Ryan
by Octokiddie 4y ago
The actual application appears to be tracking paragliders. Helium just provides the internet hotspot:
> Over the course of a week, supported by Tommy and Ryan at Lonestar Tracking, Matthew at Digital Matter, Travis at Helium, and Jeremy C (@jerm on Discord), I deployed 2 off-grid Helium Hotspots high in the mountains of Utah (one at over 8,000′ and one above 11,000′) to track 30+ paragliders as they flew during the annual Red Rocks Fly In as well as raced during the inaugural X Red Rocks Hike & Fly race.
This explains why somebody would want a hotspot in such a remote, high location.
The race itself is kind of wild:
https://xredrocks.com/ https://xredrocks.com/
From the Rules page:
> The task is to reach the control and turn-points defined by the Race Committee every day for three days as quickly as possible traveling only by paraglider or on foot.
I imagine you'd want good tracking data to get an idea of where you're going.
- mikeyouse 4y agoThat seems plausible for that one specific setup - but it's obvious that all of these weird crypto grifters were trying to make money by deploying in remote spots with long range connections to capture the rewards.. there aren't very many paraglider canyons and there are far more of these in the foothills.