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What's the best solution, then? Some kind of "Do Not Resuscitate" that should be used for people going on personal expeditions who don't wish to impose that bur

• username223 11y ago
  Or mandatory rescue insurance.
  • somberi 11y ago
    An interesting and somewhat related article. The Iceland rescue service gets inundated with rescue requests from tourists. There is talk of collecting "rescue tax" from tourists. http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/11/09/life-is-rescues http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/11/09/life-is-rescues
    • username223 11y ago
      I read that in print (the New Yorker is one of a very small number of magazines worth a subscription). SAR in the United States is largely volunteers backed up by the military, i.e. it only works thanks to generous people and an institution that can do things like Starfish Prime [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starfish_Prime https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starfish_Prime