Health and Position Tracking for Mountain Climbers

The well-being checking and efficient monitoring for mountain climber is gaining its importance nowadays. Several precautions must be taken regarding the safety of climbers. In order to track the wellness of the climbers they must carry pulse rate sensors suitable communication devices to connect with the control rooms. At worst heath conditions, it turns out to be incompetent for the mountain climbers to utilize it and communication issues increases inefficiency after a particular altitude. The health and position tracking system with Global Positioning System (GPS) to detect the live location and furthermore measuring the temperature and heartbeat of the climber is proposed in the work which overcomes the shortcomings of the techniques used by the mountain climbers. Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM) module is also connected with the device for interfacing the messages, ease of accessing network. Hence information regarding health and position of climbers will be transferred using GPS position and message through GSM providing information continuously to the rescue team. Besides, it includes additional features such as climber alertness program which monitors climber’s activities from time to time. An emergency switch is also provided with the climber in case of emergency purposes. The system is very helpful for getting health status information of climber and providing them instant help.