Should Public Foot The Huge Bills To Rescue Adventurers?

I am a typical Libran and can see both sides of this. I agree with you 100% as people like this must be some kind of crazy. But what is the alternative? To stand by and do nothing, resulting in death. I would prefer these 'adventurers' be forbidden/stopped from leaving in the first place.

This article actually discusses the costs the US spends just on rescuing hikers and who should foot the bill:

adventure.com/who-should-pay-for-rescue-missions/

I think they should have an insurance policy to cover rescue costs.

Adventurers will do a lot of planning before setting off. They will need to get permission in advance to land in or pass through another country. Depending on what they are doing they will usually have some kind of support team monitoring their progress. It would be a bad idea to set off without the necessary insurance. Even if they are not charged for the rescue they would still be liable for any medical fees.

Mountaineers planning to scale Mount Everest need to get a permit to climb and are also required to have rescue insurance -

Nepal requires that all climbers purchase rescue insurance. This is a special type of travel insurance that covers emergency rescue and evacuation from the mountain in the event you get injured or fall ill. The cost is relatively inexpensive when compared to, for example, a heli-vac to Everest Base Camp, which costs $10,000. - basecampmagazine.com/2020/01/18/requirements-climbing-mount-everest

People like that really get on my Wick. One person's selfish behaviour puts emergency services in danger and costs everyone in money terms. It's the stress on the emergency services family and the family if that one person. Have an adventure but do so safely so if it goes wrong you've done everything you can to not have an accident

Have to agree with the viewpoint all dangerous pursuits that may involve rescue services should have to have insurance. There are people who can't get medical procedures in hospitals because of reducing resources and spending 10s of thousands on rescuing someone which might have been the cost of 3 o4 very important procedures saving people's lives just seems wrong to me. They certainly have the right to pursue these adventures but insurance should be compulsory.

This is something that I often wonder about and my wondering includes sportsmen & women who push themselves to the limit and then, no doubt, we the general public pay the bill for repairing their damaged joints. It's quite a quandry but overall I think that it is unreasonable and possibly selfish for them to expect everyone else to pay for it.

It's an interesting point but where do you draw the line, I've heard people saying there should be no free healthcare to treat accidents where people sustain injuries whilst they are drunk.