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Climbers rescued off Margarine Ridge, Mt Hay 10-Nov-2011 At 2:14:33 PM kuu

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On 10/11/2011 widewetandslippery wrote:
>I think under appreciation of the situation is the greatest problem here,
>like the blokes rescued from under Mirror Ball after bailing on Hotel California.
>
Indeed!

Is "popularisation" of the climbing experience at least partly to blame then?

Increasingly people are carrying a smartphone with them on climbs and so it's easy to dial 000 when things become awkward.

And sure, if there's an injury needing hospitalisation or some other real emergency then by all means call in the cavalry.

But the more cases there are of people successfully calling for assistance (read 'rescue') in non-life threatening situations then the likelihood is that it will happen more often! Am I wrong?

My understanding is that the rescue services do not charge for this 'assistance' and I have no argument with that. But if someone invokes these services a second (or even third time) should they perhaps be counselled to think twice about pursuing the activity?