[randita]

The writer should do some research before spouting off on something about which he knows nothing:

http://www.americanalpineclub.org/pdfs/MRreal.pdf

[q_an_a]

Have you noticed that as we become a more contented society with plenty to eat and drink, warm houses and safe cities - compared to historical averages, we have become more hateful. Read 20 posts on this story and the people who stand outside a clinic to save someone hate the rich for climbing a mountain. These are often the same people screaming for lower taxes on the rich. I observe that this same hateful action has creaped into many churches and the work place. What has gone wrong?

My comment about churches, by the way, is not about one religion vs another, but about the people who attend and think the church belongs to them instead of they care for God's church. Power hungry individuals have turned to hate in far too many places. We are losing our civil society.

[HowardLSmith.ô¿ô]

Everythind we do is a personal choice. For those activities which may result in loss of public funds the individuals should be required to carry insurance which will be used to reimburse public agencies for rescue activities.

If a natural disaster is the cause of the search and rescue activities, then public funds will be available and won't have been wasted on Mt Hood style rescues!!!