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To: wideawake

Even with volunteer rescuers, the bill could be tens of thousands of dollars.

Some states have programs for hikers, fishermen, hunters... where some of the fee money goes to rescues. If one has a license, then any rescues are 'free.'


13 posted on 12/13/2006 8:40:39 AM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: george76
Even with volunteer rescuers, the bill could be tens of thousands of dollars.

I'm sure it could be.

However, he's an attorney who owns a multifamily home in one of Brooklyn's nicest neighborhoods.

He can pay for it.

Some states have programs for hikers, fishermen, hunters... where some of the fee money goes to rescues. If one has a license, then any rescues are 'free.'

Interesting system. Perhaps the national parks could start requiring climbers' or hikers' insurance to pay for rescues. That might motivate climbers to be smarter and plan more carefully.

18 posted on 12/13/2006 8:49:17 AM PST by wideawake ("The nation which forgets its defenders will itself be forgotten." - Calvin Coolidge)
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