Bivy was founded by Vance Cook, an avid mountaineer, rock climber, outdoor adventurer, and longtime software developer, who identified a demand from people to find, track, and share outdoor adventures across the United States. Bivy’s app identifies and collates the crowd sourced details, location, and full paths of tens of thousands of trails, waterways, and climbing routes and is growing every day with the help of the Bivy community. Bivy then launched the Bivy Stick, which allows you to turn your cell phone into a satellite communication device. Anywhere you have a view of the sky, you can communicate with the Bivy Stick. Two-way text messaging, SOS, location sharing, detailed weather reports are sent straight to your cell phone from space via the Iridium satellite network. When your adventures take you off the grid, the Bivy Stick keeps you safe, gives you peace of mind and is an essential piece of your adventure kit.