The Namib Quest is a 6 day 700km mountain bike stage race across the Namibian desert. The race is ultra enduring, challenging and take place in isolated areas which are home to threatening terrain, wildlife and have absolutely no GSM signal. As there are scarce water stops, long distances and hard areas to traverse, partcipants carry a SPOT Gen3 to send emergency messages. SPOT X units were used by operations and race support to monitor emergencies.