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The penalty serves as a strong deterrent for other hikers making half-assed plans and imposing their rescue costs on taxpayers.
by pirate787 4y ago
The penalty serves as a strong deterrent for other hikers making half-assed plans and imposing their rescue costs on taxpayers.
- mughinn 4y agoAny penalty that "makes an example out of someone" is by definition not fair and not justice
- bluGill 4y agoIf it wasn't for the unprepared going off and getting lost, search and rescue teams would have to pay people to get lost. Airplanes sometimes crash and other things that are not the fault of the unprepared, so we need those teams and we need them practiced. This is cheaper than planning realistic training, and the unprepared is better training as well.
- 0xAFFFF 4y agoI don't really think that kind of deferred deterrent works against stupid or desperate. The guy decided to burn a whole tree. In an arid setting.
- apple4ever 4y agoSo the lesson is just die instead of take the chance? That's what this "deterrent" will get you.