Privacy-first by design
ABB never tracks your location or movements. No GPS trails. No monitoring. Your contacts are only notified if something may truly be wrong.
Adventure with confidence.
Return home with peace of mind.
Adventure Buddy Beacon is a simple, privacy-first safety system built for hikers, van-lifers, trail runners, and solo explorers. No tracking. No noise. Only action when it really matters.
Why we built Adventure Buddy Beacon
Most safety apps focus on constant tracking — streaming your location, draining your battery, or asking friends to monitor you in real time. But that model doesn’t match how most of us actually explore. We want freedom, not surveillance. We want a system that protects us without following us.
Adventure Buddy Beacon was created to solve one core problem:
If something goes wrong outdoors, will anyone know soon enough to help?
ABB gives adventurers a simple, reliable fail-safe: you set your expected return time. If you don’t check in, ABB automatically reaches out to your chosen contacts with the information they’d need to help you — and only then.
- No live tracking.
- No constant pings.
- No shared maps draining your battery.
- Just a smart, quiet safety net built for the real world.
How ABB is different
Battery-friendly
Because ABB doesn’t run continuous background tracking, it works even on long days in the mountains, in spotty service, or when your phone is down to 15%.
You’re in control
You choose your adventure details, your return time, who gets notified, and how escalation should work. Nothing is shared unless it’s needed.
Built for solo adventurers
Most safety apps assume groups, shared routes, or live tracking; ABB was built specifically for people who hike, camp, run, bike, or road-trip solo.
Helpful notifications
If you miss your return time, contacts receive your adventure summary: where you planned to be, when you were expected, and how to reach you — enough information to take calm, useful action.
How Adventure Buddy Beacon works
Before each outing, you enter a quick summary of where you’re going and set your expected return date and time.
When that time passes and you haven’t marked yourself safe, ABB reaches out to you first with a reminder.
You have one hour to check in.
If you still haven’t returned or confirmed you’re safe, ABB automatically notifies your emergency contacts. They receive clear instructions, your adventure details, and a prompt to try calling you.
The origin story — from a van, alone on the road
Last summer, I spent two weeks traveling alone in my van — hiking, camping, and exploring mountain trails. Each day I’d disappear into nature, and one thought kept lingering:
“No one knows where I am today.”
I didn’t want to bother friends with constant “I’m safe” messages. I didn’t want them installing yet another tracking app. I didn’t want to stream my location to anyone.
But I did want one simple guarantee: if I didn’t come back by the time I said I would, someone would know — and they would know where to start looking.
That idea turned into a question:
What if there was a safety system that only activated when you didn’t return?
Not tracking. Not monitoring. Just a quiet fail-safe for peace of mind. That’s where the idea for Adventure Buddy Beacon was born — a tool I needed, and that so many solo adventurers quietly wish existed.
Explore with confidence.
We’ll watch the clock — so you can enjoy the view.
Get startedBeta disclaimer
Adventure Buddy Beacon is an early-stage safety notification tool currently in private beta.
Adventure Buddy Beacon does not monitor your location in real time, does not provide rescue services, and does not contact emergency responders.
By using this service, you acknowledge that it is a supplemental tool and not a substitute for proper preparation, judgment, or emergency planning.