Mt Whitney Zone Forums General Discussion Who is gonna pay for the SAR?

The point is everyone thinks that they can walk up a mountain without training or equipment. Most people are smart enough to not try to climb without training ,experience and equipment.The very nature of hiking being taken for granted as something anyone can do verses climbing which most people know they can't do without the requsite training/experience.That is why there is a huge number of hikers verses climbers.As the saying goes "There are old climbers and there are bold climbers but there are not any old bold climbers."