An eight-year-old boy who was cross country skiing with his father and failed to return home on schedule was quickly located last week thanks to a small GPS tracker he was wearing – and for once, it wasn't a Garmin InReach.
According to a report from Vermont's Stowe Mountain Rescue team, the pair had been out skiing in the Ranch Valley trail system all day on December 9. When they still hadn't returned home three hours after nightfall, the boy's mother contacted mountain rescue. Using her phone, she was able to show crews exactly where her son was thanks to the Jiobit device he was carrying.
