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SubscribeMount Rainer rescue
This was an act of gross negligence
I am gratified that Yong Chun Kim was found in good condition on Mount Rainier after two nights lost in the snow [“A $6 fire kept lost hiker going,” NWWednesday, Jan. 18]. However, he should pay for the rescue efforts.
To go into the mountains and, in this case, to lead 16 others on a snowshoe hike on Rainier without the 10 essentials is gross negligence. A map and compass would have indicated the correct direction to the tracks of the others and made a potentially dangerous rescue unnecessary.
— Gary W. Elmer, Lake Forest Park
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