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i think youre on to something.a thread for each state that has names and numbers of those locals in the area and what country they are familiar with.i dont see any liability issues there.plus a phone call is faster than waiting for a guy to get off work pop a beer and warm up his computer.any prank calls on a thread like that would be means for castration.great idea az 800!!!!!I think some of you are getting away from the intent of m8's thread.
I don't think this is about having an alert section for when someone gets lost.
It doesn't happen every day. If there's an emergency, 1 thread on General Snowmobiling will suffice. That will happen anyway.
I think its about having access to people who know the area.
Not good to put phone #'s out there online (I don't care, company phone, dont get too many calls from Nigeria on it anyway), but my suggestion would be to just have a sticky thread on each state's forum.
Folks could post up some sort of contact info, phone, email, whatever and the areas they are most familiar with or near to.
Then if shtf for someone, their wife, buddy, who ever gets word can pop on here and find some peeps to round up and go search.
I understand the concern of sending more people into a bad situation, but lets remember like I posted in the WA thread. Not all the SAR scenarios involve extreme whiteout conditions and blizzards. Many are breakdowns, injuries, or just plain effin lost.
There isnt going to be any liability on SW's part. People that choose to go out do so of their own volition. They are not employees of any organization responsible for the safety of the people needing rescued.
Is it fool proof? No. But neither is an organized search lead by the SHerrifs dept. Case in point with the WA sledders. Guys that knew the area said there was a better way to get to the victims, but they were not contacted or fed the correct info.
Its merely a way to help someone get off the hill quicker.