[pct-l] Lost Hiker Found

[Scott Williams]

That's similar to how Golden Girl got her name.  For some reason she
couldn't check in with her parents and they got worried and  sent out the
rangers.  When her hiking partners found out about it, she became Golden
Girl on the spot.

Shroomer

On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 7:19 AM, William A. Chavez
<wctrekker at dslextreme.com>wrote:

> Oops after reading Hoffa's journal I realized my facts were off but
> the basics of the story are correct(damn old people)
>
> Bill
> On Apr 5, 2012, at 10:22 AM, Carl Siechert wrote:
>
> >> I have a dumb question...what is the "lost person's" $ liability
> >> in the
> >> event of search and rescue?
> >
> > Many years ago, a couple of buddies and I got caught in a winter
> > storm and
> > waited it out secure in a tent. When our scheduled return date
> > passed, the
> > folks at home were a little more concerned, a couple days later the
> > good
> > guys at Riverside Mountain Rescue Unit <http://www.rmru.org> came
> > looking
> > for us.
> >
> > While we waited--and while we eventually hiked out--we had three
> > concerns:
> >
> >    - That the folks at home were worrying needlessly
> >    - That the media would be waiting for us upon our exit from the
> >    wilderness
> >    - That we'd be stuck with a huge bill for SAR operations
> >
> > Turns out we didn't need to worry about the last one. RMRU, like many
> > SAR teams, is an all-volunteer operation. Like other nonprofits,
> > they rely
> > on donations to meet their financial needs. (And even though we
> > didn't need
> > their services that time, we're grateful that they're available. Our
> > families and each of us individually donated for many years after that
> > incident.)
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