Re: [Paddlewise] [OFF-Paddlewise] SPOT anxiety

From: Craig Jungers <crjungers_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2008 23:24:15 -0700
On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 11:07 PM, Bob Carter <revkayak_at_aptalaska.net> wrote:

>
> I have a feeling that the CG may start charging for false searches, and
> searches are expensive!
>

So...who would they charge? The person they searched for - who likely had no
idea that a search was started? The person who called? Then no one would
call at all. This idea has surfaced over and over for 50 years at least and
each time it has been shot down because no one wants to try to decide who
would have to pay and deal with the consequences of people afraid to call
for help.

Besides, they have to train anyway. This at least gives them a random,
realistically selected search scenario.

Craig Jungers
Moses Lake, WA
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