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Back county communication is a must. You don’t have to be in a foreign land to benefit from two-way communication with loved ones. There are many options out there, but the newly-launched BivyStick on Kickstarter looks to be leading the pack. This device will seamlessly link to users’ smartphone wirelessly via Bluetooth or an included cable and will have ample battery capacity to run the device and (re)charge the users’ smartphone, all in one.

The Bivystick has all the benefits of a GPS unit and a 2-way sat com on your Andoid or iOS smartphone. You can send SMS messaging, SOS, GPS location tracking or sharing, GPS map, weather reports, all with a flexible data plans – no annual contact – and the device will charge your phone! All for $299.00

Head to Kickstarter now to see more.

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Photos and words by Kyle Von Hoetzendorff

I have made the decision to believe that that yes, global warming is happening. There is a ton of heavy shit that goes along with that, I know, I get it; superstorms, biblical droughts, floods, famine, plague, strife, real estate devaluations, shorter ski seasons, etc. A truckload, boatload, superfund, Yucca Mountain amount of issues right? Mega fusion/fission, black hole singularities, end-of-days issues.

But that’s all in the future right? I mean we’re good for a little while anyway. Us humans, as a social species, as a global community, we have never really been good at preventative care, especially if that means making things harder on ourselves. You could say that human evolution has really just been one long march towards the Lazy Boyz, on-demand, and a multi-stage high and low compression and rebound damping. By and large, we are a “wait and see” bunch…

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A New Kind of Emergency Shelter; Piece of Mind with the Bivystick

Reportage By: Kyle von Hoetzendorff

No Thanks, but Thanks – Kyle Von Hoetzendorff