AdventureTaco - turbodb's build and adventures

I was following along with your gazillionth EMHT report from like 2 years ago, scoping out future destinations. Couldn't for the life of me pin down this one shot -- and you gave me such a nice clue... or did you?

Is there any chance, Dan, this vantage point is, perhaps, 5336 ft MSL, rather than "6,500 feet" as you claimed? And that even its parent peak is only 6038 feet?



And you expect me to believe the winds were really "15mph" ???

I would like to speak to a manager.

 

Did you get this desert picture on TEMU?

 

checks if @turbodb has ever posted "all elevations are presented in the NAVD 88 datum, unless otherwise noted"

 

Just call me Sloppy McSloppyface. I don't know how many times I've said that you should be writing my stories. That would solve all these sorts of mistakes and make them more enjoyable to read.

Glad you found it, that's a great spot! We even enjoyed a "night rainbow" there the night before we met you to plant baby trees last year.

Actually, I think you and Mike should team up to write all my stories. This was hillarious.

 

"We have desert pictures at home!"

 

Curious to see what other solutions there would be for communicating from Garmin inreach to Garmin inreach, I just activated mine a couple days ago and have only sent one test message

 

To my knowledge, there are two ways to initiate a message to an InReach without first getting a message from it:

1. Someone can send you a message to your inreach address. This is an address that ends in @inreach.garmin.com, and that you can find by going to https://explore.garmin.com > Sign In > Account > find your "inReach Addr." on that page.
2. If you use the Garmin Messenger app (Android | iOS), and Garmin can match up the phone number of the recipient with the phone number registered/paired to another inReach device, then the message will go through to the inReach device.

I think #1 is the most surefire way, but supposedly #2 works. Happy to test with you if you'd like. Feel free to PM.

 

Had I read this earlier, I could have asked a Garmin rep who managed to make her way to the local bike shop. Super knowledgeable and genuinely interested too

 

I have used both methods successfully.

 

Hrm. Questions for you.

1. Using the @inreach.garmin.com address - does the initiating message have to come from a Garmin device? I tried sending myself an email to my inreach address (from my computer) but I never got it on my device.
2. Turns out that the Garmin Messenger app only works with inReach Mini 2 and not inReach Mini (which is what I have). Mine works with Garmin Earthmate, so I don't think method 2 works for me, unfortunately.

 

I guess I answered too quickly. My bad. So for #1, I went through my sent emails (I don’t delete much) and found some I had sent to the Garmin when my wife was using it on a trip. Then (like #2) I realized I also have the original Mini and use the Earthmate app, so I checked those messages and noticed I had sent my wife a message saying that the emails didn’t seem to be working. She did receive the messages sent from Earthmate. It’s been almost a year since we’ve used it in earnest. I will say that messages sent from the Garmin to my phone definitely worked, as she did use it in an emergency (someone else who was missing on a bikepacking trip) to notify me last year and it did what it needed to do. The “someone else” pushed the SOS button on their Mini and got in touch with S&R.

Anyway, I tried it again this morning and sent email and text message (SMS) from my phone and never received either one at the Garmin. I also sent a test message from the Earthmate app and it went through. This is worrisome, as it’s now unclear if someone can reach me on the Mini if they don’t use the Earthmate app. However, friends recently bought a Garmin Messenger and I received a message on our Mini device from their phone number, so presumably it originated as SMS.