by mrchad9 » Tue Aug 17, 2010 8:24 am
by mrchad9 » Tue Aug 17, 2010 4:08 pm
Sunny Buns wrote:There was a thread a few weeks ago after a climber was rescued and some people claimed the pass covered search and rescue and some people claimed it did not. Looks like it does.
by The Chief » Tue Aug 17, 2010 4:21 pm
by The Chief » Wed Aug 18, 2010 5:17 am
Sunny Buns wrote:Quoted from above:BTW: The avg cost of any airborne asset per flt hour ranges from $1400-2800. No way that the "Pass" alone pays for this resource.
A rough count of helo SAR Assist hours this season alone on Shasta is over 29.
Go figure....
Let's figure:
29 hours x $2k/hour = $58,000
Say each week during the summer 400 climbers pay $20 for a permit. That's $8k/week.
Would take 7.25 weeks to pay for the S&R so far this year.
Easily doable.
by mrchad9 » Wed Aug 18, 2010 6:59 am
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