Teton Country Search and Rescue Gets New High-Tech Tool
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Lifeseeker is intended to be mounted in a helicopter or plane. Centum photo.
An anonymous donor has paid more than $100,000 to get Teton County SAR a new, cutting edge tool for finding people lost or injured in the backcountry. Lifeseeker is a technology developed to find cell phones even in areas where there is no signal. Essentially, it acts as a mobile cell tower.
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Teton County SAR is the first civilian organization in the United States to make use of the emerging technology, which has only recently been configured for use with North American cellular devices. The device will not be used for law enforcement purposes, and has the potential to shave hours or even days off of rescues.
Zack Skovron
AuthorBorn and raised in the Pacific Northwest, now living in Jackson, WY. I’m an avid skier, biker, hiker, climber, and fisherman. Outside of sports, my major interests focus on public policy surrounding land use and energy systems.
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