The hikers were a father and daughter lost in Canyonlands and a woman who passed out at Snow Canyon state park
Three hikers died over the weekend in suspected heat-related cases at state and national parks in Utah, including a father and daughter who got lost on a strenuous hike in Canyonlands national park in triple-digit temperatures.
The daughter, 23, and her father, 52, sent a 911 text alerting dispatchers that they were lost and had run out of water while hiking the 8.1-mile (13km) Syncline Loop, described by the National Park Service as the most challenging trail in the Island in the Sky district of the south-east Utah park.
The pair set out on Friday to navigate steep switchbacks and scramble through boulder fields with limited trail markers as the air temperature surpassed 100F (38C).
First: what in the world does that have to do with the claim that you can make a call on satellite???
Second: sending your location with text would be easier. Especially on an iPhone where it automatically does that.
Why in the world are you arguing this? You can’t make a call on a satellite with an iPhone. It’s not possible. And emergency texting via satellite on iPhone automatically sends your location, so you’re doubly wrong??? There’s no need for a phone call at all.