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Garmin Inreach Mini 2: A New User’s Perspective

Thanks to the internet allowing me to work from anywhere that has a high-speed connection, my wife and I have chosen to live in the mountains near a very user-friendly, general aviation airport (Boundary County, Idaho, 65S). That means that we spend time flying into backcountry airports, boating on remote lakes and hiking where we don’t see anyone for hours. That’s the good news—it’s lovely country.

The bad news—if something goes wrong—is that we fly into backcountry airports, boat on remote lakes and hike where we don’t see anyone for hours. 

Rick Durden

Senior Editor Rick Durden has written for Aviation Consumer since 1994 and specializes in aviation law. Rick is an active CFII and holds an ATP with type ratings in the Douglas DC-3 and Cessna Citation. He is the author of The Thinking Pilot’s Flight Manual or, How to Survive Flying Little Airplanes and Have a Ball Doing It, Vols. 1 & 2.