That is a real inflammatory statement and really does a disservice to the many SAR women and men who every day risk their lives to save others.

Have many ever been on a SAR search? Although I do not belong to any SAR organization, I have stepped forward to help in many searches (including in the last 2 weeks) when a SAR teams puts out a call for experienced outdoors people to assist in searches. Being out in ugly, wet weather, and with being cold, hungry and your body hurting from searching for some very long hours in some of the most difficult terrain imaginable takes it's toll on anybody and that includes the the toughest of the tough. At some point after days of fruitless searching a decision must be made that the search is called off.

Many SAR teams are small and only have so many resources to draw on. Case in point, these 2 mushroom pickers. If you had looked on the map, Terrace BC is almost as remote as it gets. There were some local SAR members that were involved with that search along with others from across BC. These volunteers who were away from their families, their loved ones and missed work for days and searched until they could no more is a testament to their dedication.

Instead of being condemned with such inflammatory statements, they all should be commended for their efforts and any blame game needs to be directed more to the continuously unprepared people that these fine SAR teams are tasked in finding at great personal sacrifice and risk to their own lives.