Comment on Hikers rescued after following non-existent trail on Google Maps
helenslunch@feddit.nl 1 year agoI’m not going to pretend that it’s impossible that they made some sort of honest and totally legitimate mistake but if, as the article says, they simply pulled up a trail on Google Maps and took off, that was an extremely poor decision and Occam’s razor indicates they are stupid.
DoomsdaySprocket@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
I think these people are dumb as rocks myself, but it’s interesting to wonder why the bad decisions are made.
NSR I believe has a policy of not charging the costs of the rescues to those they pull off the mountains, to not discourage people calling for help when they really need it, but I’m sure that’s a struggle to justify some days.