WhumpfHeading Out · Trip plans
Before you go, Whumpf builds the trip plan a search and rescue team asks for and leaves it with the people at home. If you don't check in, they get an email and a phone call, and a page with everything a rescuer will ask them.
Seven steps, then send
Fill in your profile once (vehicle, gear, what you wear, emergency contacts, medical notes) and every plan after that is prefilled. Most trips are a few taps.
Step 1 of 7
Pick the zone, where you parked and your route. Under More details: the area name, a trailhead pin and a Plan B.
Step 2 of 7
Back in 2, 4, 6 or 8 hours, or a time you pick, then how long after that your people should start worrying.
Step 3 of 7
Add the party, or go solo.
Step 4 of 7
How you're travelling and your vehicle, so someone can find it at the trailhead.
Step 5 of 7
What you're wearing and carrying, and your satellite messenger's share page.
Step 6 of 7
Choose your contacts and when they hear from Whumpf: now and if you're late, or only if you're late. Each needs an email and a phone number.
Step 7 of 7
Review the plan and send it to your people.
Step 1 · Where
Tap a saved zone, then the trailhead and your route.
Step 2 · When
Back in a few hours, and when your people should start worrying.
Step 6 · Who knows
Who gets the plan, when they hear from Whumpf, and live location.
If you're late
You send the plan
Each contact gets an email with a link to the trip page, which opens on any phone, no app needed. Chose "Only if I'm late"? Then they hear nothing unless you are.
Back-by time
Nothing is sent yet. Check in with one tap when you're back, and anyone who knows about the trip is told you're out.
Worry-by time
Not checked in? Whumpf emails your contacts and calls them with an automated message.
One hour later
Still nothing? They hear from Whumpf again.
Your contacts decide
Push the worry-by time back, mark that they've heard from you, or mark that a search has started. Everyone else sees it.
A contact can extend the worry-by time up to 48 hours past your back-by time. A plan nobody closes expires 72 hours after the worry-by time, and your contacts are told. Whumpf never contacts rescuers itself: your contacts decide when to call, and their page tells them how.
What your contacts see
Optional
Off by default and chosen per trip. While the trip is open, your contacts can see where you are and which way you were heading. It stops when you check in or cancel, and the trail is deleted with the plan. It uses more battery, so it's your call each trip.
Your data
Your profile stays on your phone until you send a plan. Medical notes, date of birth and home address are held in the phone's keychain. A sent plan is stored only so your contacts can see it, and it is deleted seven days after the trip closes.
More questions? See the Heading Out FAQ.
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