[Rick Lee]

I just think there should be some kind of mandatory insurance for folks who do this stuff. It's bad enough that the rescuers are often volunteers or that the taxpayers pick up the tab. But it's really bad that they have to risk their lives to rescue idiots who made bad decisions. If a lifeguard or town can close a beach, why can't they ban climbing in winter conditions? I would never think signing a waiver would ever hold up. If there were such a waiver that said you WILL NOT be rescued if you get stuck and if someone signed it and got killed when they could have been rescued, you know the lawsuit would be huge and such waivers would disappear.

Oh, and Katie Couric is an idiot too.