[Blennos]

Ok, all you enablers out there, pony up the coins...that way she can do this stunt or worse ALL OVER AGAIN.

I would say,,,FIRST the collecting funds should go to pay back the rescue and the sponsors!!

If the Australian gov't (which is funding the rescue) announces they want donations to pay for this effort, then I will indeed "pony up the coins." And if this amazing lass wants to try again, I would be happy to donate to that effort.

I once was involved in a rescue effort of a boater who was stranded at sea. Somehow it never occurred to me to ask him to pay for the gas my boat used to save him. I was happy to do it. Some things you do for others without worrying about the cost. There has been a long tradition on our planet to rescue others in distress: whether on mountaintops, in burning buildings or even stranded at sea. It is one of the nobler instincts of our species.

[DJ MacWoW]

I once was involved in a rescue effort of a boater who was stranded at sea. Somehow it never occurred to me to ask him to pay for the gas my boat used to save him.

Did you have to charter a Qantas Airbus to find him then divert 3 ships to sail for 2 days to get to him?

[Recovering Ex-hippie]

Well, I appreciate your honest and articulate post.