Re: SAR insurance
There is no perfect system. When I hiked Grandview alone 8 years ago, I had an agreement with a friend back home that if she did not hear from me 24 hours...
firefly 2000-02-05 08:01:33 #1647

Re: Powell Plateau water
Mike and Don -- It was the same in 1990 on my trip with George. We found several gallons of water in a pothole in the pouroff of the drainage...
Doug Nering 2000-02-04 23:22:15 #1646

Re: SAR insurance
That's true. I understand many people neglected to call when they came out even though they chose the option. It makes more sense to have a friend or...
Doug Nering 2000-02-04 22:57:32 #1645

Re: SAR insurance
I have a (spurious??) memory that on a couple of backcountry trips in the early 70's there was a place on the permit to choose whether or not one wanted to be...
David Marcus 2000-02-04 12:01:36 #1644

SAR insurance
I know that here in Colorado that a certain portion of every fishing and hunting license sold goes into a fund for SAR missions and if one became...
John Dresser 2000-02-04 09:56:17 #1643

Re: fees and insurance on public lands
I doubt they would have picked up the tab for a search and rescue operation but the airlift is considered to be an ambulance that flies, so most [decent]...
Bob Ribokas 2000-02-04 08:56:28 #1642

Re: fees and insurance on public lands
My little sister had to be helicoptered out of the canyon some years back. Her health insurance paid for it just like an ambulance. I don't know if they...
QUICKPACE@aol.com 2000-02-04 08:43:02 #1641

Re: fees and insurance on public lands
Right on, Jeff, for your well thought words regarding permit fees. The American Recreation Coalition is a concentration of wealth. It's a system that...
TWOANNIES@aol.com 2000-02-04 08:13:27 #1640

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