Rescue?
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 2:08 am
A bud and I got talking today about the unwarranted use of 911 calls by unprepared and sometimes clueless backpackers/hikers wanting to be rescued from there own stupidity
in the backcountry.Yes sometimes there are real emergencies but most often not!
IIRC the figure shown was $2.5 million for Yosemite from 07 to 2011. We all pay for it and it will not be long until paying for it will be part of the permit process, ie insurance.
Well I got wondering, Why not:
If you call for Rescue warranted or not the "Service" has the rights to
your story. Condense it and develop a short 3fold pamphlet as a hand out to persons entering the parks or when obtaining a hiking permit. This handout will
outline what the hikers did wrong, why they were rescued or not, warranted or not,
cost of the rescue, how many persons were called out to risk THERE lives etc.
Then list the 10 essentials, perhaps if a rescue is called and you are found without them then a citation or bill will be issued. Maybe that is a bit extreme but I am way tired of watching people without and preparations or emergency gear of any kind enter the wilderness and then if the creek starts to rise or rain cloud
develops are then on there cell phone or Spot calling for help. I bet you have seen more than one spandex clad hiker with nothing more than a water bottle pass you on the trail.
List the facts, Names, Dates, Time, Cost, Success or Failure !
What is your answer, what do you think of the pamphlet idea, got a better one that will cost less?
Just had to: Today
A couple called 911 because they got lost in a CORN MAZE.
in the backcountry.Yes sometimes there are real emergencies but most often not!
IIRC the figure shown was $2.5 million for Yosemite from 07 to 2011. We all pay for it and it will not be long until paying for it will be part of the permit process, ie insurance.
Well I got wondering, Why not:
If you call for Rescue warranted or not the "Service" has the rights to
your story. Condense it and develop a short 3fold pamphlet as a hand out to persons entering the parks or when obtaining a hiking permit. This handout will
outline what the hikers did wrong, why they were rescued or not, warranted or not,
cost of the rescue, how many persons were called out to risk THERE lives etc.
Then list the 10 essentials, perhaps if a rescue is called and you are found without them then a citation or bill will be issued. Maybe that is a bit extreme but I am way tired of watching people without and preparations or emergency gear of any kind enter the wilderness and then if the creek starts to rise or rain cloud
develops are then on there cell phone or Spot calling for help. I bet you have seen more than one spandex clad hiker with nothing more than a water bottle pass you on the trail.
List the facts, Names, Dates, Time, Cost, Success or Failure !
What is your answer, what do you think of the pamphlet idea, got a better one that will cost less?
Just had to: Today
A couple called 911 because they got lost in a CORN MAZE.