This is turning into a big scapegoat mission. I understand mom is hurting, but how about some positive reinforcement and recognition for the efforts that have been expended. Catch more flies with honey, as they say.
Ooh, okay. Hmm. She’s grasping even more now. Man, I hope that they find her soon for her moms sake.
I just said something like this to my friend. People don’t like being attacked. Why would all these people want to keep helping if she’s throwing stones at them all? They’ve been out there for almost 40 days! These people have families and jobs too. She’s been in PA... if she can do it better than the professionals, maybe she could come back to the mountain. I’m sure that sounds mean, and I know she’s hurting, but my feelings would be massively hurt and aggravated if I was out there searching for weeks and still being attacked for “not doing enough.”
The amounts of money and resources expended in finding a tax evader versus a person lost on a mountain can’t be compared IMO. They don’t even come close.
The thing is, if you are a person charged with finding missing people, and solving missing persons cases, that is the job. You don't get to find ways to not do the job. That's the problem in the US in nearly every human services profession. If the job is "too dangerous", someone who does not find the job "too dangerous" should be doing that job. There are warrants served and people hunted down for bail jumping for minor crimes as if they were public enemy #1. It is so obvious that our nation's priorities for solving actual crime is completely backwards. I understand all of the costs that are incurred in training people, dogs, staff, etc. Then it should be used for what it was intended. Nothing that saves lives and puts dangerous people behind bars should be "too expensive", considering the amount of money thrown at building prisons and housing minor criminals in them. That money and effort would be better spent training and using the best methods possible for life or death events. moo
Agree. Now depending on how many daredevil taking scenery pics she already has from previous visits to that summit.
I agree with this completely. Last winter my daughter basically fell off a cliff while skiing (she’s totally fine). But even with all of the other skiers around, nobody saw her fall. The only reason anyone knew it had happened was that the people that were getting on the lift with her couldn’t find her (she fell near the mid- mountain lift). A fall can happen so quickly and I think it’s pretty easy to go unnoticed if no one directly has eyes on you.
I am glad your daughter was all right.
I think if they'd found any kind of clues or evidence about anything at all related to her, they'd have followed up. What kind of clues or evidence do you believe they missed finding?
It’s not even the only time she has fallen. A few years ago we were hiking in Acadia and she was right in front of me and the ground gave way underneath her. We were right over the Atlantic. She was “caught” by a bush about 6 feet down. It really shook us all up—it could have ended terribly. It can happen so fast!!
That's a very interesting case, thanks for bringing it up.
Growing up in the mountainous part of Washington I follow most if not all of the missing hikers. The amount of effort put into finding Sam has been extraordinary. Comparing it to the search for a tax dodger or criminal is insulting to those in SAR. Those type of "searches" are electronic, and may be no more than a phone or record check once a week as every agent has tons of different cases. It's nothing at all like a 24/7 physical search for a missing hiker. How SAR works - good article. Inside the Art of Backcountry Search and Rescue
