They're a lot more widely used amongst long distance backpackers, particularly on multi day or week section or thru hikes. This guy set out on what sounds like

They're a lot more widely used amongst long distance backpackers, particularly on multi day or week section or thru hikes. This guy set out on what sounds like it would have been a day hike (I'd expect, given the distance, and the <gallon of water he brought). Given that he was setting out for what he thought was a moderate trail, I'm not in the slightest surprised he didn't have one. Though yes, when I saw the headline, I was trying to figure out how his InReach managed to spark a forest fire...then I saw that he literally was TRYING to set a whole tree on fire. This is just plain stupid. He got his life rescued, and his lesson.