[pct-l] Rescue (was Re: Another missing hiker found)

[Dan Jacobs]

On Oct 8, 2013 5:59 PM, "Michael Slusser" <michael.slusser at gmail.com> wrote:
> How do we make the unaware the aware? Perhaps the threat of paying for
> rescue might make such hikers consider the risks more thoughtfully.

That threat already exists in many areas, but it often, if ever, goes any
father than that. When I was a deputy, we billed for SAR, but never went
any further than that. The Sheriff, a politician, would not like it if
folks voted against him in the next election because they thought he was
being greedy or wasteful.

Dan Jacobs
Somewhere in SW WA