Originally Posted By: Phaedrus
Good article but I could only read half of it. I don't wish to speak ill of the dead but it seemed pretty reckless. SAR folks are pretty dedicated but it seems irresponsible to even hope for them to perform a rescue when extremely risky endeavors are undertaken.


Often the SAR people are the same ones climbing the hard routes. In other words, the pilots, climbers, Jeepers, horseback riders, hunters, snowmobilers, divers, boaters, skiers, cavers etc. can be out volunteering to recover their own. They don't expect rescue, but are happy to help colleagues.