Ditto on AKSAR's and hikermor's observations regarding climbers. Climbing SAR assets have noted that accidents reported by the media as involving "climbers" are often actually dayhikers or scramblers who have wandered into terrain that is too technical for them. But they're often not truly 5th class or alpine climbers.
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