Originally Posted By: Be_Prepared
Another hiker, another mountain, another fortunate outcome that could have been a natural selection event. Are more places starting to collect on SAR action that is the result of unprepared people putting others at risk trying to find them?


I have never understood the many users of this forum and their fixation of such words as "natural selection event,", "Darwin Award candidate" and so on. This fixation is one of the many reasons I do not frequent and contribute to this forum as much as I like to.

However to answer your question. Not all SAR teams support charging for rescue. In the area just west of where we now live, the biggest and busiest SAR team does not support charging for rescue. I happen to agree with this SAR team decision not to charge.
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