GPS Devices & Backcountry Safety with Bivy

GEAR:30

BLISTER

Arts, Design, Skiing, Snow, Snowboarding, Sports, Outdoors, Bike, Technology, Gear

4.9 • 809 Ratings

🗓️ 7 June 2019

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

GPS communication devices can be the difference between life and death in remote places. So we talk with Bivy’s Pitt Grewe about the different types of technology and devices on the market; how these devices can affect decision making; satellite networks; complicated payment plans; and … Pitt’s impressive skills as a DJ.

TOPICS & TIMES:

Pitt’s background in the outdoor industry (1:21)
Bar Mitzvahs and the Humpty Dance? (5:32)
The differences between GPS devices (10:13)
When should you bring a GPS device? (13:53)
Providing peace of mind for friends & family (21:28)
Garmin vs. Spot vs. Bivystick: the state of the market (25:44)
After you push the SOS button, what happens next? (31:26)
(Confusing) payment plans of various GPS devices (37:50)

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0:00.0	Hey everybody, welcome to another episode of Gear 30 on the Blister Podcast Network.
0:09.6	I'm Sam Shaheen, a senior editor at Blister, and you can check out everything we're doing
0:14.0	and reviewing over at Blister Review.com.
0:18.0	Today, I'm talking to Pit Gruey from Bivie about GPS communication devices.
0:22.6	These devices can be the difference between life and death in remote places.
0:25.6	So we talk about the different types of technology and devices on the market, how these devices
0:29.6	can affect decision-making, satellite networks, complicated payment plans, and Pitt's
0:34.6	impressive skills as a DJ.
0:36.6	For anyone who recreates outside, I think there is some real useful information here
0:40.8	about how GPS devices can improve your safety in the backcountry.
0:46.1	I'm here today talking with Pitt Gruey of Bivie Stick, and Pitt, you're the marketing
0:51.9	director at Bivistick, right?
0:54.0	Yeah, that is correct.
0:55.4	You should be honored. Usually we don't have marketing directors on the podcast. So this is a,
1:00.4	this is kind of a, kind of a big deal. Well, good. I'm glad I made the cut. Yeah. Yeah. Just,
1:06.9	just know that all our listeners are going to have their marketing BS ears especially tuned in today.
1:13.9	All right, I'll try to sound like a normal human being and not some like sketchy car salesman or anything like that.
1:22.1	So I know you have a bit of a kind of interesting background in the outdoor industry.
1:27.0	To start, can you talk a bit
1:28.2	about your background and how it led to where you are today at Bivisdick? Yeah, definitely. So I, you know,
1:34.8	I grew up here in Utah, in the mountains of Utah, and the joy of what we have here is you
1:40.2	get to participate in all kinds of activities, whether, you know, skiing is life in the winter,
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