Originally Posted By: hikermor
When you have an unsuccessful SAR episode, the best and most productive path is a clear and dispassionate analysis, followed by corrections and changes. The details and information necessary for this exercise are rarely, if ever, reported in the media. One can only hope that such an examination is underway and that future incidents will benefit from the insights gained.


Other then the normal post search debriefing, there will be nothing else to come of this. This search was one of the largest in decades in that area of BC and it was not for the lack of trying by the searchers. The SAR teams and over a 100 volunteers searched the area and the one man that was found alive was outside that area.

One last thing to mention, RCMP Constable Angela Rabut made this comment last week.

The growing use of social media as a communications and comment vehicle has added its own complications in adding to speculation about what may have happened, she added.

“When people read things online, somehow [they believe] it’s the truth,” Rabut said.

There is a lot of truth in that statement...
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