I don't want to sound overly harsh, hikermor. I too believe it's important work and recovery is a worthwhile goal if it can be accomplished without further loss of life. But I ever die somewhere "out there" I sure don't want anyone else dying to bring back the 200 lbs of meat that will be my corpse. A living person is more valuable than a dead person.
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