[pct-l] Rescue Insurance and Tourist Visa

[calliger@infolane.com (Richard Calliger)]

WHY DONT U send these to the Park and Forest service where
perhaps someone will pick up a suggestion or two of yours?

R

At 04:07 PM 12/3/02 EST, Montedodge@aol.com wrote:
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> Since the the Parks charges 15.00 to climb, it would be easy for them to
>rathole a buck for insurance.  Of all the funds the parks take in, they
>should set aside a portion for rescue. Backpacker Mag stated 3 years ago, "
>Only 49 cents of each dollar received at a National Park go back to that
>park." Forest Service is worse with only 33 cents returned to that forest.
>  Foreign Hikers will soon need to hike faster to complete the PCT. After the
>first of the year, Tourist ViSAs will be cut from 6 months to 30 days as part
>of the Homeland Security Game. ( This is not in stone as yet ,but is strongly
>being pushed)
>   Very intersting reading the list's ideas about rescue fees and and some
>very good points made on both sides.  Almost no one wants to pay for dumb
>hikers. Yet taxpayers ( us)  pay for  people  who eat bacon 300 times a year,
>folks that smoke, or drink too much, or tailgate and never use a brinker and
>other poor choices. Tax payers in America also pay for poor choices by folks
>in other countries as well. Hopefully , I will not be charged because I
>stayed put in a snow storm for three days or break a leg because of a slip.
>We ALL may need help at some time and may not have the funds to pay at that
>point in our life.
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