SPOT Rescue Alert: Injured Hiker Rescued from Canadian Rockies After Sending GPS Coordinates and Distress Message from his SPOT Satellite Messenger

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Rescuers Locate Injured Man Using GPS Coordinates and Airlift Him to Nearby Hospital

September 23, 2008 – SPOT Rescue Alert (SRA): On August 22, 2008 experienced hiker and Canadian oil analyst Michael Ervin, set off to enjoy a backcountry wilderness trip to the base of Mount Assiniboine, one of the highest and most distinctive peaks in the Canadian Rockies outside of Banff. A bad fall under the weight of his forty-five pound backpack left Mr. Ervin with a ruptured quadriceps tendon to his knee, unable to put any weight on his leg and 10 kilometers from the nearest road with no cell phone coverage.

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