Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2010 12:14 am
Bombchaser wrote:certs for training...letters of attendance...carried a GPS on nearly every peak...track records...whitnesses...dated photos...a climbing log of all climbs even small hiked summits.
My god!!! You are talking about a TON of hassle and bureaucracy to do something that takes none currently! WAY over the top in my book. No one should have to get a cert for climbing, a letter, prove what they've done, drag a GPS around. You really want someone on patrol at the Mount Shasta trailhead asking for all that stuff so you can climb without fear of being left for dead if you twist your ankle?
Bombchaser wrote:When I go up on a big mountain with possible exposures I wear my $1000 mountaineering boots with crampons.
Well, that explains your side of the arguement. Sorry, I don't have the money for a $1000 pair of boots with crampons. You have the money to pay for your own helicopter rides, many of the rest of us don't.
The Chief wrote:A CP is immediately set up and IC will make any further decisions as to what entities need to be included in order to safely and effectively complete the SAR OP.
That's fine, I'm just saying if they make the wrong decision, and overdo it, that isn't the fault of the victim and the victim doesn't need to be the one that pays for it.