I am such a statistics freak; I would be interested to know what the breakdown of rescue "types" there are in a single year. For instance, one category could be "freak accidents" which could consist of general falls, equipment failure, etc. Another category could be "physiological malfunctions"such as heart attacks, AMS, etc.(I am not sure how to categorize "Getting Lost" -- it might account for a large amount of the rescues, too) My point being: I wonder just how many of the rescues could be catagorized as blatant "Fault" types (meaning some gross misjudgement resulted in a SAR mission needed)
It is my hope that a majority of the SAR missions veer away from "Fault" type rescues, and reflect more of a randomness such as the illnesses or injury accidents.
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