[pct-l] Another missing hiker found

[Michael Slusser]

Of course, one of the problems for people who have no clue is that they
don't realize that... they have no clue. Being unprepared and unaware
suggests that they did not proceed out of malice or lack of concern, but
out of a real lack of awareness of how dangerous their actions are, for
themselves and others.

How do we make the unaware the aware? Perhaps the threat of paying for
rescue might make such hikers consider the risks more thoughtfully.

On Tuesday, October 8, 2013, Terry wrote:

> Eric, I understand your point of view and your understanding of the
> situation.
>
> I also know from over three decades of first hand experience in the field,
> just how completely ignorant some people are and the involved cost of not
> just tax dollars, but the well being of the many others, trying to rescue
> them.
>
> At some point and at some time the SAR teams, which are mostly manned  by
> County Sheriff volunteer personnel will become so stretched thin by the
> ongoing operational cost that it will become virtually  impossible to
> outfit these teams in the future as they  stand today.
>
> Terry
>
>
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Oct 8, 2013, at 4:42 PM, Eric Lee <saintgimp at hotmail.com <javascript:;>>
> wrote:
>
> > Terry wrote:
> >>
> > The Federal Government is shut down, many states are close to shutting
> down
> > for being bankrupt and we have to deal with a few people who have no
> clue as
> > to what they are getting into, and costing all of us hundreds of
> thousands
> > of dollars and risking the lives of the SAR personnel, just to rescue
> their
> > butt.
> >>
> >
> >
> > It is a fact of the universe that given any sufficiently large group of
> > people, there are *no* set of rules that are perfectly fair and immune to
> > abuse.  It's just not possible.  Once you accept that fact, then the only
> > remaining question is what kind of abuses do you prefer to live with.
> >
> > Personally, in this case, I'd much rather deal with the abuses of some
> > people getting free rescues due to their own carelessness rather than the
> > abuses of having government personnel stationed at all trailheads
> telling me
> > whether or not I may proceed based on some bureaucrat's abstract idea of
> > acceptable risk.  To me, the first scenario is the lesser of the two
> evils.
> > You may disagree, and that's ok.  :-)
> >
> > Eric
> >
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