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Absolutely true. A large search is very personnel and time intensive. Depending on the situation though, even a relatively simple rescue can take a dozen or m

by jonah 4y ago

Absolutely true. A large search is very personnel and time intensive. Depending on the situation though, even a relatively simple rescue can take a dozen or more people and many hours.

UncleEntity 4y ago
If they want to be found and can text their GPS location they probably could just be given directions to the nearest road where a ranger truck can pick them up. I think most people just don’t know how to reorient themselves and as little kids are told “if you get lost just stay where you are and someone will find you”. Give them a little help and they can get themselves out of trouble. Reminds me of the time we were in Jungle School down in Panama. The first day was the land navigation course and a squad from headquarters had their one (and only) compass break. They ended up walking around the jungle for over a week before they found a road and flagged down a passing vehicle. If they had a way to communicate (or could read a frickin’ map) they’d have been back by chow time but, nope, the senior officers were like “they’ll turn up eventually” and didn’t even try to find them.
- ghaff 4y ago
  If they're up on a mountain which tends to be the situation around where I live in New England, there's likely no nearby road to walk to. And failures notwithstanding, a compass and map are a pretty high reliability way not to get totally turned around/lost especially in less challenging terrain.
- jonah 4y ago
  Depending on the situation, helping someone get back to a known trail via phone or text is absolutely a thing that is done. More often than not though, there are confounding factors like fatigue, dehydration, weather, extremely difficult terrain, etc. and it's safer to just come get them rather than risk them getting into deeper trouble.

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Absolutely true. A large search is very personnel and time intensive. Depending on the situation though, even a relatively simple rescue can take a dozen or m

by jonah 4y ago

Absolutely true. A large search is very personnel and time intensive. Depending on the situation though, even a relatively simple rescue can take a dozen or more people and many hours.

UncleEntity 4y ago
If they want to be found and can text their GPS location they probably could just be given directions to the nearest road where a ranger truck can pick them up. I think most people just don’t know how to reorient themselves and as little kids are told “if you get lost just stay where you are and someone will find you”. Give them a little help and they can get themselves out of trouble. Reminds me of the time we were in Jungle School down in Panama. The first day was the land navigation course and a squad from headquarters had their one (and only) compass break. They ended up walking around the jungle for over a week before they found a road and flagged down a passing vehicle. If they had a way to communicate (or could read a frickin’ map) they’d have been back by chow time but, nope, the senior officers were like “they’ll turn up eventually” and didn’t even try to find them.
- ghaff 4y ago
  If they're up on a mountain which tends to be the situation around where I live in New England, there's likely no nearby road to walk to. And failures notwithstanding, a compass and map are a pretty high reliability way not to get totally turned around/lost especially in less challenging terrain.
- jonah 4y ago
  Depending on the situation, helping someone get back to a known trail via phone or text is absolutely a thing that is done. More often than not though, there are confounding factors like fatigue, dehydration, weather, extremely difficult terrain, etc. and it's safer to just come get them rather than risk them getting into deeper trouble.