Hikers who carry cellphones take extra risks

The Honolulu Star-Bulletin has a news story about how hikers in Hawaii are subconsciously taking needless risks and hiking trails they're not ready for or carrying necessary supplies because they figure that they can always use their cellies to call 911 and get help (and it gets worse, reportedly some people are calling for emergency help because they're too tired to walk back the way they came). Now the Hawaiian state legislature is considering a bill that would consider charging hikers who take unnecessary risks for their own rescue. Jeez, now we feel really bad about calling in that helicopter to airlift us out of Yosemite after the batteries on our iPod died (you don't expect us to hike back down without Bloc Party, do ya?).

[Via textually.org]