Every year there are a lot more yachters and wayward Boy Scouts that are rescued than climbers, AAIs Jason Martin said in the post. This issue always comes to a head when something bad happens to aclimber, but it never comes up when something bad happens to anotherwilderness user. We are unfairly targeted by those that have omega Seamaster Planet Ocean watches littleknowledge of what happens in the wilderness, Martin continued.The issue raises some important questions. If hikers or other athletes think theyre going to be charged $10,000 for a rescue, it might deter them from calling for help, until its either too late or the operation is even more expensive and dangerous. Politicians, looking for a convenient issue, rail against climbers as extreme adventurers and reckless athletes, though none of them would begrudge a victim of a traffic accident a life-saving helicopter ride to the hospital.
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