I was at that race. It's hours away, in a different part of Utah, for 3 days in the fall. The trackers they used for the competition were rented from a complete

I was at that race. It's hours away, in a different part of Utah, for 3 days in the fall. The trackers they used for the competition were rented from a completely separate company, and, I believe, use cell based technology. The link you posted is about one guy who used a novel technology in an unofficial capacity. The race organizer wasn't using it at all. I know the organizer. They have nothing to do with this. Paragliders already have a solution for tracking outside of competitions, and most carry it in the form of an inReach or Spot device. Ground station based location reporting is not reliable because we can travel 100s of kms in a day over wilderness. In fact, you were required to have satellite tracking as part of the competition, or to participate in the other flying events in Central Utah that week. The cell based trackers provide uniform location tracking for race scoring as a primary purpose, and real time updates as a secondary purpose when cell connections exist. The satellite trackers give you the '911' button. As far as I can tell your link from these devices placed in Salt Lake to the XRedRocks race is that someone at the race played with similar technology on top of a mountain?