Why People Should Not Have The Right To Rescue Services

Try at your own risk, is a sign that people should read whenever they chose to do dangerous activities. Mountain climbing is one of the activities that can put people at risk of danger and needing to be rescued. When things go wrong a rescue team needs to come and save them from whatever danger they are in. People should not have the right to rescue services when they put themselves at risk because the rescue workers trying to save them can be hurt or killed, it is very expensive to rescue people, and the people who are putting themselves in danger for their own glory or maybe for publicity reasons. First, if a climber is in danger the rescue workers trying to save him or her will also be in danger. Nick Heil in a radio interview “ Helicopter Rescues Increasing on Everest” states, “The risks are certainly significant” (p24), when describing how a helicopter crash happened while saving climbers. In the article “Ranger Killed During Rescue of Climbers on Mount Rainier” a ranger, Nick Hall was killed trying to rescue two climbers that fell in a crevasse. This proves that when people make choices like to climb a mountain they are not only putting themselves at risk, but also the rescue workers that will try to save them. Even though people have a right to put themselves at …show more content…
There is a difference between a person’s right to a rescue and doing the right thing. When people make decisions to put themselves in danger, they don’t have a right to put other people in danger or to make others pay the cost. The climbers that were rescued on Mount Rainier, only three of them were rescued by helicopter because the conditions became too dangerous. One had to spend the night and hike down the next morning. (p29) This proves that rights of the rescue workers also a factor in any rescue. People have the right to have adventures that may put their safety at risk, but they don’t have a right to be