Just read an article, which basically blames a "lost" hiker for not answering cell phone calls from a search team. The search teams calls showed up as "unknown number."
I NEVER answer calls from unknown numbers. Or calls from out of the area that if I do not recognize the number, which I never do recognize.
Common sense tells me the search teams should use a number that identifies who they are. Am I out of my mind here?
My advice: Rescue team, identify yourself when calling someone you are trying to rescue, especially if he may not think he is in trouble to begin with...
(CNN) — A Colorado rescue team has some simple advice for lost hikers or anyone else who might find themselves stranded in the mountains -- answer your phone.
Lake County Search and Rescue says it got a report last week that a hiker hadn't returned from a hike on Mount Elbert. The hiker had set out at 9 a.m. on October 18 and wasn't back at 8 p.m., LCSAR said in a post on its Facebook page.
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Rescuers tried to call the person's cell phone multiple times, but weren't able to reach them.
Five LCSAR team members looked for the hiker in areas where people tend to get lost, but called off the search at 3 a.m. A three-person search team checked another area at 7 a.m.
They got a call at about 9:30 a.m. that the hiker, who was not identified, had returned to where they were staying.
The hiker had no idea that rescuers were looking for them, the post said.
Also, have you noticed some articles in different media (including this one) now mix singular and plural grammar? Hiker...they? Singular/Plural mismatch. At least it was at one time. Suppressed gender syndrome?
I NEVER answer calls from unknown numbers. Or calls from out of the area that if I do not recognize the number, which I never do recognize.
Common sense tells me the search teams should use a number that identifies who they are. Am I out of my mind here?
My advice: Rescue team, identify yourself when calling someone you are trying to rescue, especially if he may not think he is in trouble to begin with...
(CNN) — A Colorado rescue team has some simple advice for lost hikers or anyone else who might find themselves stranded in the mountains -- answer your phone.
Lake County Search and Rescue says it got a report last week that a hiker hadn't returned from a hike on Mount Elbert. The hiker had set out at 9 a.m. on October 18 and wasn't back at 8 p.m., LCSAR said in a post on its Facebook page.
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Group of bystanders builds makeshift stretcher to help rescue an injured hiker from a Colorado mountainside
Rescuers tried to call the person's cell phone multiple times, but weren't able to reach them.
Five LCSAR team members looked for the hiker in areas where people tend to get lost, but called off the search at 3 a.m. A three-person search team checked another area at 7 a.m.
They got a call at about 9:30 a.m. that the hiker, who was not identified, had returned to where they were staying.
The hiker had no idea that rescuers were looking for them, the post said.
Also, have you noticed some articles in different media (including this one) now mix singular and plural grammar? Hiker...they? Singular/Plural mismatch. At least it was at one time. Suppressed gender syndrome?
