[1_Rain_Drop]

"The next time a lost mountain climber is rescued and then asked to pay for their rescue I hope he point to this."

With all due respect.
Mountain climbing is a sport. No one forces them to climb, and I seriously doubt that they end up on a mountain because mother nature tossed them up there.

Spikey did not make a decision to end up in that river. A flood happened. He was carried away.

I bet those that saved him feel extremely blessed.

One never knows. The next time it may be someone's child and these rescuers have now experience.

[American Constitutionalist]

” One never knows. The next time it may be someone’s child and these rescuers have now experience. “ and employ a DOG to help find them and rescue them.