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hikerboy57
03-15-2013, 15:16
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=-YzfSdO690k#!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=-YzfSdO690k#!



for more:http://www.outdoors.org/publications/outdoors/2012/fieldnotes/amc-aids-in-recent-search-and-rescue-operations.cfm

rocketsocks
03-15-2013, 16:01
Cool Vid HB, thanks for posting, haven't seen this before nor thought much about the people behind what it takes to help someone out...Thanks to all the SAR folks.


Something interesting I heard in the video was that buy carrying maps one can reduce there chances of becoming a victim, and needing help, I like maps!

Tinker
03-15-2013, 19:43
A friend and I got drafted into helping to take a man off of Franconia Ridge a few years ago. He'd apparantly had a heart attack. As we descended, more and more people on the way up volunteered to help pass the stretcher over rocks and around tight bends. It was good to see so many people (many very young) giving up their dayhike to help someone in need. I never was able to find out how the man fared.

hikerboy57
03-15-2013, 19:47
its not all about collecting their fees to run their overpriced mountaintop resorts(huts) now, is it?

VT-Mike
03-15-2013, 20:30
I remember the thread about proposed "hiker cards" in NH. Whats everyone think about buying a one time card, think it was $18 to help fund SAR? The cardholder would not be responsible for any cost of a SAR operation to save them. Currently NHF&G can charged rescued hikers if deemed "hiking negligent".