[pct-l] Rescue Stats

[dude@fastmail.ca (dude)]

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ditto.  let mother nature weed out these people.

reminds me of a climb on Shasta where my friend and I came accross
this group trying to cross the Glacier at 2pm.  We tried to warn them
that the snow bridges would be too weak from the afternoon sun for
them to return safely.  One of the guys spoke up and said "we know
what we are doing!"

Later that afternoon, some Rangers passed us on the way up to resue
their entire team who had fallen into a crevasse.  Luckily, they had
taken a Radio and were able to call for help.  Also luckily, they
only sustained broken bones and no deaths.

peace!
dude



> Sounds good to me...I would rather see a "pay as you go" fee than
> spreading the costs to the rest of the tax payers.
>
> I know that I will probably never need the rescue service...but I
> do not like having to pay to bail out the other idiots.
>
> Last Spring, I was descending from Half Dome in Yosemite and met a
> couple with their young children in tow..hiking up...at 2:00 PM,
> there was no way for them to summit and make it back down during
> daylight...but did either of them pack a flashlight ?? NO....but,I
> did...even though I knew that I would be able to complete my trip
> while the sun was still up....just in case....These are candidates
> for Natural Selection...why should we be fighting nature ??
>
> And why should i pay to rescue these fools ??? If I hadn't given
> them my flashlight (which was never returned - even though I gave
> them my address), They would never have made it down on their
> own..
>
> Just rename the rescue tax to the "moron tax" and you'll have no
> arguments.
>
> Randy
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <Montedodge@aol.com>
> To: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
> Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2002 2:40 PM
> Subject: [pct-l] Rescue Stats
>
>
>> --
>> [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ]
>> Big article in todays Sunday paper. " Backcountry Rescues, Who
>> should
> Pay"
>> National Park Service rescues 1,177 hikers per year and 186
>> climbers. The Olympic Park spends an average of 71,000 dollars
>> out of their budget of
> 10.3
>> million per year. Mt. Rainier this year spent 74,000 on search
>> and rescue
> out
>> of their budget of 9 million.  Some say hikers and climbers
>> should pay for their own recues. Other folks think backcounty
>> rescue part of the cost of having a park, like the roads and
>> bathrooms. My feeling is that I own the park itself and the fuel
>> for the
> helicopter,
>> and the helichopter and pay the wages of the rangers with my tax
>> dollars. Anyway, you all know my feelings toward fees. Seems
>> Parks may be drumming
> up
>> support for new rescue fees.
>>
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