Garmin InReach Mini and Mini 2

Much about why I like the Garmin InReach Mini 2 has to do with what I’ve come to loath about the original flavored InReach Mini. This is also true for previous devices – elder cousins and siblings like the handful of FindMeSPOTs and ground-based EPIRBs – because I’ve owned and operated a beacon of one sort or another since the 2009 rescue of Tazul above Alaska Lake in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness.

Back then I acquired a device after needing to leave Tazul’s side to get high enough I could get ...