Originally Posted by
Vertical Freedom
& if they didn't pay they may well have died....exhaustion in the Mountains kills, I've seen it too often & to just fob it off as not a legit rescue by the SAR organization is very poor decision making. But they were happy to take their money
VF,
The "mountains" in Sweden is barely higher than the elevation of Kathmandu, and during summer with sun up close to 24 Hours. There is a growing problem with hikers that venture out with little regard to their own or others safety, and without the proper planning, equipment and physical strength, which is under the impression that they can always just be picked up by a helicopter etc.
Northern Sweden in the summer is not comparable to your work theatre, and I would assume that the souls you've picked up on Everest, have had an insurance of some sort and the ones that still lay around the route didn't.... or if I'm wrong, who pays for the missions you perform?