Sunny Buns wrote:He paid for his own rescue. Every climber who bought a permit also helped pay by buying a government mandated climbing permit.
YUP, he may have been stupid and negligent, but he had paid in advance for the cost of any rescue.
Son, here's your bill for the rescue:
Chopper and Rescuers: $5,000
Forest Service Dispatch: $1,000
Subtotal: $6,000
Minus Rescue Fund Money: $6,000
Total: $0
So based on your figures, which may or may not be accurate:
10,000 people per year climb Shasta on average
I believe the fee is $20 per climber
10,000 x $20 = $200,000 in a fund (if this all goes toward rescues, I would think only a portion does)
$6000 per rescue average cost (this would be low end I would say)
10 rescues in past two weeks
10 x $6000 = $60,000 used up just the past two weeks
So to say the idiots have already paid for their rescues before climbing is not accurate. At this rate they will far exceed any money put aside for rescues the way I see it.
If someone else has a more accurate breakdown, then by all means post it.