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news.bostonherald.com - 7/20/2009
‘Negligent’ hiker gets $25,000 bill
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A plucky Eagle Scout who probably should get his own episode on the Discovery Channel s Survivorman instead has been hit with a $25,234 rescue bill - after he lasted three days in wintry conditions with an injured ankle on Mount Washington. Halifax Scout Scott Mason, 17, built a rock shelter, ...

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Eagle Scout Fined $25K For Rescue
Backpacker Magazine Blogs - backpacker.com — ... in difficult spring-snow conditions. Now, those two stories are converging: Mason has one month to pay the full cost of his $25,000 rescue , after being deemed 'negligent.' Despite surviving for three days in tough conditions with a busted ankle, The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department ruled that ultimately, he ventured into the wild unprepared for his ambitious itinerary. 25 people and a helicopter searched for two full days before Mason was found. Maj. Tim Acerno, who oversees law enforcement for Fish and Game in the Granite State and headed Mason s rescue in April, ...

Eagle Scout Fined $25,238 for Rescue
The Smoky Mountain Hiking Blog — ... Well, just last week, Mason was handed a $25,238 bill for the search and rescue (SAR) operation, and the state of New Hampshire is giving him just one month to pay the fine in full. ...

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