Re: What's in Your Survival Kit?

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Posted by Fred on January 2, 2008 at 1:25:59 pm EST
In reply to What's in Your Survival Kit? posted by Alicia on July 2, 2007 at 10:55:02 am EDT

""Recoveries" of bodies are a few percent of SARs."

the recovery of the body is typically the easy part, it's notification of next of kin that's tough.

That said, any SAR operation,body recovery or live rescue, places others in potentially dangerous situations, something that your own personal preparation, planning and knowledge can help keep from happening. As more people adopt the attitude that "'they' will rescue me no matter how stupid my actions are" I expect the number of recovery operations to rise.

"It's like the lottery ticket: the odds aren't even worth calculating, let alone paying for. "

- if that's the case then indicate that you don't want a rescue to be mounted when you head to the woods, that way you won't be placing others in peril trying to rescue you or recover your body when things go seriously wrong. Sort of like a living will with a DNR.

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