Yeah I was gonna say, an InReach Mini 2 is only $399 and $14.95/mo for the lowest plan. Gives you 10 text messages/month (but you have the ability to send more

Yeah I was gonna say, an InReach Mini 2 is only $399 and $14.95/mo for the lowest plan. Gives you 10 text messages/month (but you have the ability to send more for, I think, $0.10/text). Folk might scoff at the price, but for any "hikers/campers who go up there for weeks at a time" this is quite likely already a tool that they have that provides additional capabilities mobile phones may not (eg, streamlined SOS services).