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Re:Starlink Mini 2 by bottlepalm on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @02:21PM (#50444940)
The heart of camping is being stranded. Knowing that if you had an emergency there'd be no way to get help. Starlink ruins that.
Re:Starlink Mini 2 by bravoetch on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @02:45PM (#50445325)
I've done every kind of camping, all over the world. I take a little Garmin puck with me to ensure I'm never ever stranded in an emergency. I suspect you don't actually go camping.
Re:Starlink Mini 2 by bottlepalm on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @03:29PM (#50445867)
You’re the exception, not the rule when it comes to camping.
Re:Starlink Mini 2 by simplyluke on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @03:24PM (#50445799)
I spend well north of 100 days a year in the backcountry in some capacity or another, from day hikes and skis to week+ trips on glaciers in Alaska in the winter being dropped off by plane and where the pickup time/day is "when we can get weather to get back in there" and that would be the same timeline for any kind of SAR response.

I couldn't disagree more with being stranded without communication being the heart of camping. Satellite comms have absolutely increased safety, and allowed for bigger expeditions to be handled. I have multiple mentors a few decades older than me who had friends die in situations that would have likely been recoverable today. I'm not planning on taking a starlink backpacking, but the one on my truck camper has been a transformative tool in how I'm able to recreate.