Originally Posted By OregonMouse
Every time there's a SAR callout that makes the news media (most of them don't) around here, there are a ton of comments, saying either "You need to take a GPS so you can summon help" (???) or "Those needing rescue should be charged" even though nearly all the SAR efforts are volunteer. I've found it's best not to read the comments on any news article.

Plus the news articles always leave out half the important info!


Exactly. And then the posters on the point out all the things they would have done differently.

Nobody ever makes a mistake when they hike on the internet!

And, of course, just about every disaster starts with a series of decisions...each one making the next one possible. But it't the combination that ends up being so disastrous. How many problems have been averted because the first thing went bad....and then somebody adjusted....and everything was just fine?

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