01Blog & Resources

Field reports &
strategic insights

Perspectives on outdoor technology, safety-critical design, and the intersection of Silicon Valley product thinking with real-world field operations.

02White Papers

Primary Research

White Paper
Feb 2026

The Digital Trail Paradox: How Outdoor Technology Is Reshaping Risk in the American Backcountry

As GPS devices, emergency beacons, and satellite communicators proliferate, we face a counterintuitive crisis: the tools designed to keep us safe may be making us less safe. This paper examines the human factors, product design failures, and systemic issues driving the paradox and outlines a framework for building technology that genuinely saves lives.

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03Field Reports

From the Field

Field Report
Jul 2023
12 min read

The Middleman Problem: Why Apple's Satellite SOS Changes the Outdoor Emergency Equation

How Apple's Emergency SOS via Satellite bypasses the private relay center, delivers richer data to dispatch faster, and signals a fundamental restructuring of the outdoor technology market.

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