Sailing Around the World, Stuck on Mt. So-and-So

[CraigSca]

So...when the inevitable rescue of these guys begin - who pays for it?

[sachmo71]

if US rescue services are involved, you will.

[Butter]

I don't know what you're talking about.

[Desnudo]

In Europe, you will

[CraigSca]

I don't know what you're talking about.

I'm referring to the big news story a couple of weeks ago about the guys trapped on Mt. Hood and this weeks story about the sailor who was attempting to sail around the world (and was just rescued off the coast of Chile).

[CraigSca]

dola

Really - so these guys get a bill for services rendered?

[MikeVic]

And I was trying to figure out how someone gets stuck on a mountain while sailing around the world.

[JonInMiddleGA]

And I was trying to figure out how someone gets stuck on a mountain while sailing around the world.

Oh good. I feared that I was the only person confused about that.

[Butter]

And I was trying to figure out how someone gets stuck on a mountain while sailing around the world.


Yeah, me too.

[Butter]

Did they find the guys on Mt. Hood?

[Young Drachma]

Did they find the guys on Mt. Hood?

Dead.

[finketr]

And I was trying to figure out how someone gets stuck on a mountain while sailing around the world.

likewise.

[Kodos]

They bought the tickets. They knew what they were getting in to. I say -- "Let 'em crash."

[PackerFanatic]

likewise.

Looks like that was the majority of us.

[Marathoner]

So...when the inevitable rescue of these guys begin - who pays for it?

The rescuing country does, I think they do try to bill these rescued parties or their insurance company. Good luck collecting.

[Mustang]

And I was trying to figure out how someone gets stuck on a mountain while sailing around the world.

Noah did.

[Mustang]

They bought the tickets. They knew what they were getting in to. I say -- "Let 'em crash."

Surely you can't be serious?

[Mr. Wednesday]

I am serious. And don't call me "Shirley".

[JonInMiddleGA]

dola

Really - so these guys get a bill for services rendered?

Here's a article on that very subject about the Mt. Hood S&R efforts.
http://washingtontimes.com/national/20061218-104907-8660r.htm

From what I can tell though, it isn't really as rare as the article makes it sound.
A little Googling turns up billing in Vermont & I know of some other cases where bills were issued as well.

[stevew]

I always thought it would be funny if there was some movie that opened with some "vigilante hero" trying to prove he was not guilty of a crime, etc. Blowing shit up left and right from the corrupt authorities. And then once he's free of the charges, he still gets a bill for like 1 million dollars in damages, and then the real movie begins.