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Originally Posted by piercehawkeye45
What about mountain climbers or deep sea divers? Should we not care about them because 99% of the population doesn't do those things? You can't expect everyone to follow norms because people will try to push the limits of their body and courage.
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There are risk takers who plan for the risk. And then the risk taker who simply does something foolish - on a whim.
Those who plan for a trip around the world or to climb Mt Everest should be expected to take out insurance. IOW his risk is so planned in order to get that insurance. Insurance that could pay for extraordinary rescues such as the three climbers who died recently on Mt Hood.
A risk taker who suddenly decides to jump from a bridge or a cliff, without insurance, then his rescue comes out of his own pocket.
Not only does insurance pay even for equipment of a volunteer rescue service. Insurance also demands that the risk taker first plan his adventure.