Posted on 10/27/2009 9:38:04 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Tired from a hike? Rescuers fear Yuppie 911
Hikers are increasingly relying on personal locator beacons, just in case
Ted S. Warren / AP
updated 2:00 p.m. ET Oct. 25, 2009
FRESNO, Calif. - Last month two men and their teenage sons tackled one of the world's most unforgiving summertime hikes: the Grand Canyon's parched and searing Royal Arch Loop. Along with bedrolls and freeze-dried food, the inexperienced backpackers carried a personal locator beacon — just in case.
In the span of three days, the group pushed the panic button three times, mobilizing helicopters for dangerous, lifesaving rescues inside the steep canyon walls.
What was that emergency? The water they had found to quench their thirst "tasted salty."
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Where the heck is Sasquatch when you need him?
Did they get their Obama t-shirts sweaty?
Don’t the people being rescued have to pay for these rescues?
I hope so...
“The water they had found to quench their thirst “tasted salty.”
It was also an odd shade of yellow.
Charge them money for the “rescue”! Simple solution.
Charge them at least $50,000 for each ‘emergency’ that wasn’t. No bargaining, no reductions.
While the waste of money, and risk to emergency services personnel is a serious issue; the biggest problem is the “boy who cried wolf” effect. Someday, someone who really needs help, isn’t going to get it, because of all the false alarms.
> Recently, a couple from New Bruswick, British Columbia activated their beacon when they climbed a steep trail and could not get back down.
New Brunswick is a Province on Canada’s east coast. British Columbia is a Province on Canada’s west coast. This couple was therefore about as lost as they could possibly be...
You'd think that as a condition of getting one of these devices the users would be required to accept terms like that.
“In September, a hiker from Placer County was panning for gold in New York Canyon when he became dehydrated and used his rescue beacon to call for help.”
Um.......let’s see. He was panning for gold, which implies that there was water where he was.
Uh...need I say more?
hungry pumas -—— either that or declare it open season on stupidity. I’ll by a license for that.
In many ways this isn’t new just that so many more idiots who can’t tie their own shoes are out side ‘in nature’.
Frankly I say at the first push of the button if it is not an emergency then you ought to be shot on the spot and fed to whatever wild life is around
I hope they get eaten by those “cute endangered wild creatures’ that they love so much..
> Cub Scout... Boy Scout... Eagle Scout! American men are turning into pansies when we need to become warriors. The Muzzies are going to out breed us soon. We had better be prepared. ‘Nuff said.
Not funny that! Not even in jest, mate. The muslims even have their own version of Scouting, here: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2137309/posts
I would mandate that the makers of the locator beacons include a "self-destruct" feature that can be activated by rescue personnel.
If they don't want the "self-destruct" feature they can equip the unit to deliver an incapacitating electric shock to the idiot user (also activated by rescue personnel).
The third and final option is to equip the unit to inject the user with a syringe full of testosterone.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2370683/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2370568/posts
why give out freebies for emergency that was?
they take on the trek by choice. if their choice costs public money- pay it back.
definitely make them pay. why quibble about whether or not it is a “false” alarm.
these people called three times. once cuz they had no water. by the time rescue arrived they found a stream. short time later they beacon again with the funny taste complaint. then they called a third time.
unbelievable. these idiots need to be ruined on national tv. perhaps some family members who have needed legitimately needed rescue personnel can weigh in.
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