12-03-2009, 07:30 PM
They didn't call for help, so why should they be charged for the search?
"Leave them up in the woods next time" -- as I understand it, they were stuck overnight but got themselves out and drove back home.
I can't count how many times I've been briefly stuck while out screwing around in the forest or the desert. Nothing wrong with that. It's part of exploring. Getting permanently stuck, that's a problem.
In general, I think we're way too quick to castigate people who require rescue. When we make people scared to swim in the ocean or hike in the mountains or drive off a paved road, we make them more dependent on others, not less.
Plus, everybody makes mistakes. It might happen when you're backing up your QuickBooks, might happen when you're sailing across a shipping channel.
Now, people who take a PLB or cell phone on a strenuous hike because they have no intention of actually completing it on foot? They should go to prison.
http://blog.coloradohikingtrails.net/200...d-now.html
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33470581/ns/us_news-life/
"Leave them up in the woods next time" -- as I understand it, they were stuck overnight but got themselves out and drove back home.
I can't count how many times I've been briefly stuck while out screwing around in the forest or the desert. Nothing wrong with that. It's part of exploring. Getting permanently stuck, that's a problem.
In general, I think we're way too quick to castigate people who require rescue. When we make people scared to swim in the ocean or hike in the mountains or drive off a paved road, we make them more dependent on others, not less.
Plus, everybody makes mistakes. It might happen when you're backing up your QuickBooks, might happen when you're sailing across a shipping channel.
Now, people who take a PLB or cell phone on a strenuous hike because they have no intention of actually completing it on foot? They should go to prison.
http://blog.coloradohikingtrails.net/200...d-now.html
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33470581/ns/us_news-life/