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).
You don’t need a cell signal to dial 911.
Oh yeah? It just magically connects to… nothing then?
Pretty sure you’re thinking that you don’t need a plan to call, but you definitely need a signal.
Well if we’re being as generous and pedantic as possible, you can dial 911 without a cell signal, but the call won’t connect. You could still dial it though.
You absolutely do.
Don’t know why you are getting downvotes, it’s like people havent heard that the iphone 14 can connect to satellites directly for emergencies
It connects to text. Not to call. Which is literally what my first comment said. You cannot call 911 on an iPhone with a satellite connection. They’re getting downvoted because it’s unequivocally incorrect.
But you can also send your location with it
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.