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Risk Assessments and GPS Trackers for Expeditions
A thorough risk assessment is a legal and ethical necessity for any Duke of Edinburgh Award Expedition or similar outdoor activity. The selection of an appropriate GPS tracker plays a pivotal role in ensuring participant safety. Trackers must be purpose-built for expeditions, capable of operating offline, providing detailed mapping, supporting multiple coordinate systems, and ensuring stringent data security.
June 2023 Meili Trials: Lofoten Archipelago & the Arctic Circle
The Meilis worked perfectly, reporting our locations all week on a single charge, long after our phones had run out of juice! This was the point, yes, you can take £1000+ iPhones along with you. But good luck keeping them charged for days on end.
Even with several mobile battery banks and mini solar panels our phones were out of charge within 36 hours.
Our concept: keep your phone in airplane mode, use it for photos and videos, but let the Meilis do the hard work, tracking your route, reporting your location, keeping you connected so that if the need arises, the phone can be turned on and used as an emergency comms device. And if the the phone is out of charge, don't stress, use the FindMe/SOS button on the Meili.
*The summit of Ryten, overlooking Kalvika beach, Lofoten, Norway. Our campside was on the North side of the bay, unserved by roads this super isolated spot was only accessible by an all-day hike.