MILPITAS, Calif., June 2, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- No matter what excursion you're planning, the best ones often start when you're prepared. Spot LLC, a leader in personal satellite messaging and emergency communication technology, today announced it will kick-off its new Prepare Yourself campaign - a national public safety initiative designed to promote outdoor readiness and responsibility, at the Teva Mountain Games June 3-6 at Vail, CO.
Prepare Yourself aims at reminding outdoor enthusiasts of all levels the importance of outdoor education, skills and being equipped with the right gear. Advanced planning such as researching your route, learning First Aid and CPR, and knowing how to use your safety equipment can help ensure your outing is both enjoyable and safe.
"As a provider of safety technologies, we want to encourage people to plan ahead when spending time outside, especially in remote areas where communications are limited," said Katie Schoeben, Director of Marketing, Spot LLC. "Our goal with this campaign is to help others be prepared to avoid injury or getting lost in the outdoors."
The Prepare Yourself initiative is being introduced at the beginning of the active summer season when people are traditionally gearing up for their vacations and taking trips. SPOT plans on taking its message on the road to trade shows, conferences and retail locations around the country throughout the year.
SPOT is also teaming up with DeLorme, an innovation leader in mapping and GPS technologies, to showcase their highly-anticipated PN-60w GPS with the SPOT Satellite Communicator at the Teva Mountain Games. This product pairing is the world's first rugged, handheld GPS that enables Type & Send text messaging via satellite from virtually anywhere around the world, even where cell phones don't work.
The Teva Mountain Games will be the first opportunity for the public to see the two devices in action working together. Users can send custom messages from outside of cellular service to individual email addresses, cell phones, groups and social networks like Twitter, Facebook and Geocaching.com. In an emergency, the SOS message will alert a rescue coordination center of the user's GPS coordinates. The PN-60w with SPOT Satellite Communicator is expected to be available in July.
"People can now type short text messages from the field explaining their situation in emergency situations or just to update their family and friends back home," adds Schoeben. "We encourage everyone at the Teva Mountain Games to stop by for a demonstration."
Both SPOT and DeLorme will be exhibiting together in the Gear Town area located in downtown Vail. To learn more how you can prepare yourself for your next adventure visit www.findmespot.com/prepared.
About Spot LLC
Spot LLC, a subsidiary of Globalstar, Inc. (Nasdaq:GSAT), provides lifesaving communications technology that allows users to communicate from remote locations around the globe. The SPOT product family uses both the GPS satellite network to determine a customer's location and the SPOT network to transmit that information to friends, family or an emergency service call center. Thanks to this affordable, cutting-edge personal safety device, the company offers people peace of mind by allowing customers to notify friends and family of their location and status, and to send for emergency assistance in time of need, completely independent of cellular phone or wireless coverage. For more information on how Spot LLC is helping users live to tell about it - from disaster preparedness to outdoor adventure purposes - visit www.findmespot.com.
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A high-resolution image of the PN-60w with SPOT Satellite Communicator plus a media fact sheet can be found at www.delorme.com/media.