[1rudeboy]

I wish we could have someone with familiarity in this sort of thing could stop by and tell us whether the U.S. handles it the way the Europeans do: "If you want to go, go. Your insurance-rider is xx euro. What? You do not wish to pay? Then you will pay the Air Force for your rescue."

[Dog Gone]

You certainly can't criticize anyone who wants to rescue these men. No sane person can really want them to die for deciding to climb a mountain.

The question can be fairly asked how much money and how much risk to other men you take to attempt a rescue, which is probably going to be futile anyway.

It's already a tragic story. I hope it doesn't get worse.