gayet wrote:CasualNerd wrote:....
But if it saves even one life isn't it worth it ?
But will its existance simply encourage more ill-prepared people to venture out and so put not just their lives at risk but those sent to find them?
I dont think so. Most people who do the OT or walk to Cradle wouldn't even be aware it exists until they see it. I dont think it being there will change the increasing numbers visiting the area.
It's just a reaction to show some kind of care is being provided in light of the incident of a few years ago.
My personal belief is that with tourism pounding people to visit the area more and more under prepared people who probably aren't even bushwalkers are going to come to get those copycat photo's of Cradle that we see every single day. Maybe more needs to be done to make people aware of the environment if they intend to venture past Marions, but maybe not. How precious have we become and when do we just say look after yourselves people!!
And as far as the location of the pod, well it has to be somewhere obvious or if someone else got into trouble they could well be withing 2 minutes of it and not know it was there.... that wouldnt go down too well in the next coroners report.