Re: Rescue on Quandary Last Sunday
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2012 12:34 pm
Next headline will be "Dog Rescued on Lizard Head".
practice would be my first guess. just seems excessive. i have been on recon patrols with far fewer in much more dangerous locales than quandry.kimism72 wrote:Pucker, I will answer that in a most general way when I have time. There's a very good reason.
General answer is because crews never know what the search and/or rescue will require. Having more bodies (within reason) available keeps everybody safe, especially in technical terrain. Doesn't mean they couldn't do it with less, just being prepared for the worst.pucker_factor wrote:..
why does it take 17 rescuers to find one dog and one idiot?
i didnt say lack of practice, so dont speculate yourself. every opportunity to get out and train/ practice is a good thing. no better practice than the real thing was what i was saying. 17 seemed like a lot, but i am sure that if my dog was lost i would want even more than that.MtnClimber82 wrote:General answer is because crews never know what the search and/or rescue will require. Having more bodies (within reason) available keeps everybody safe, especially in technical terrain. Doesn't mean they couldn't do it with less, just being prepared for the worst.pucker_factor wrote:..
why does it take 17 rescuers to find one dog and one idiot?
Edit: SCRG is a top-notch group of unpaid professional SAR personnel. It certainly isn't a case of lacking "practice" as you speculate.
I know, right? Do we need to add an addendum to the sign that's already there?Hungry Jack wrote:JC. Didn't we go through this drill about a month ago on the west ridge?
I do not consider SAR or any other NPO to be unprofessional solely by virtue of there being an insufficient "market" by which they can "capitalize" on in order to pay for their utilities and groceries.pucker_factor wrote:by definition you can not be unpaid and a professional. although i am sure they are very good at SAR and topnotch.
The main criteria for professional include the following:
1. Expert and specialized knowledge in field which one is practicing professionally.[5]
2. Excellent manual/practical and literary skills in relation to profession.[6]
3. High quality work in (examples): creations, products, services, presentations, consultancy, primary/other research, administrative, marketing, photography or other work endeavours.
4. A high standard of professional ethics, behaviour and work activities while carrying out one's profession (as an employee, self-employed person, career, enterprise, business, company, or partnership/associate/colleague, etc.). The professional owes a higher duty to a client, often a privilege of confidentiality, as well as a duty not to abandon the client just because he or she may not be able to pay or remunerate the professional. Often the professional is required to put the interest of the client ahead of his own interests.
5. Reasonable work morale and motivation. Having interest and desire to do a job well as holding positive attitude towards the profession are important elements in attaining a high level of professionalism.
6. Appropriate treatment of relationships with colleagues. Consideration should be shown to elderly, junior or inexperienced colleagues, as well as those with special needs. An example must be set to perpetuate the attitude of one's business without doing it harm.
7. A professional is an expert who is a master in a specific field.
(adj) 6. making a business or constant practice of something not properly to be regarded as a business
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(n.) 4. a person who is expert at his or her work: You can tell by her comments that this editor is a real professional.
(adjective) qualified, trained, skilled, ... expert, experienced, finished, skilled, masterly, efficient,
...
(noun) = expert, authority, master, ...
TallGrass wrote:I do not consider SAR or any other NPO to be unprofessional solely by virtue of there being an insufficient "market" by which they can "capitalize" on in order to pay for their utilities and groceries.pucker_factor wrote:by definition you can not be unpaid and a professional. although i am sure they are very good at SAR and topnotch.
If you want to play semantics, then "by definition" ...The main criteria for professional include the following:
1. Expert and specialized knowledge in field which one is practicing professionally.[5]
2. Excellent manual/practical and literary skills in relation to profession.[6]
3. High quality work in (examples): creations, products, services, presentations, consultancy, primary/other research, administrative, marketing, photography or other work endeavours.
4. A high standard of professional ethics, behaviour and work activities while carrying out one's profession (as an employee, self-employed person, career, enterprise, business, company, or partnership/associate/colleague, etc.). The professional owes a higher duty to a client, often a privilege of confidentiality, as well as a duty not to abandon the client just because he or she may not be able to pay or remunerate the professional. Often the professional is required to put the interest of the client ahead of his own interests.
5. Reasonable work morale and motivation. Having interest and desire to do a job well as holding positive attitude towards the profession are important elements in attaining a high level of professionalism.
6. Appropriate treatment of relationships with colleagues. Consideration should be shown to elderly, junior or inexperienced colleagues, as well as those with special needs. An example must be set to perpetuate the attitude of one's business without doing it harm.
7. A professional is an expert who is a master in a specific field.(adj) 6. making a business or constant practice of something not properly to be regarded as a business
...
(n.) 4. a person who is expert at his or her work: You can tell by her comments that this editor is a real professional.
and synonym(adjective) qualified, trained, skilled, ... expert, experienced, finished, skilled, masterly, efficient,
...
(noun) = expert, authority, master, ...
Many who call themselves professional because they collect a fee are anything but (e.g. some mechanics).
Feel free to put forth whom you regard as the pro mountain rescuers who are not SAR, and consider whether or not in their qualified opinion if they'd consider SAR as colleagues, peers.
As they say in Ghostbusters, "Who ya' gonna call?" Just sayin'. . .
tlongpine wrote:I've been watching the Dog Debate and thinking it's unnecessarily acrimonious and judgmental, but this weekend I witnessed a pretty appalling dog situation on Holy Cross that changed my thinking.
I passed two dogs (a golden retriever and a yellow lab) 100 feet below the summit. I went over to say hello and noticed that one of the dogs paws was bleeding. Upon closer inspection I learned all four paws were shredded and two were bleeding.
Upon reaching the summit - at 3:30pm - we met the owners. Two young women taking their time on the summit as they toiled over the appropriate frequency of Molly ingestion.
It was a wonderfully clear day so we hung out on the summit for about 30 minutes and the girls preceded our party on the descent.
We passed them at the point the dogs were left, as they struggled to get the golden to walk. It refused to go anywhere, and was almost as big as she was. They would've been stuck if it weren't for the fact that one of the day's last descenders had a 65 liter pack that wasn't filled with much. He stuffed his gear into their daypacks and carried the dog out on his back.
Thank goodness that guy was in the right place at the right time with the right gear, and was gracious enough to help. Kudus to you, helpful mountain stranger! Shame on you, reckless dog owners.
With the dog crisis averted we couldn't help overhear as their conversation turned back to important topics during the descent:
"I can't believe it's getting dark. We started early at 10."
"I pretty much smoke weed everyday, but try to keep Molly to a weekend thing."
"I don't know what we would've done if you we're there? Hahaha. We could've died."
Me? I'm joining the emotional and judgmental chorus of people who would never put my dog in a situation I can't get him out of myself.