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Article: Rescue round the globe: a new company is offering a service it says will rescue you anytime, anywhere.(The Traveling Hunter)
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- Sports Afield
- Article date:
- June 1, 2007
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It's not hard to picture the nightmare scenario: You are 4,000 feet by foot, 20 miles by horse, two hours by boat, and 12 hours by jet from home--and nearly that far from rudimentary medical care. And something breaks: A boulder. A leg. An appendix.
Very rarely is there a Life Flight helicopter ambulance or a volunteer search and rescue squad nearby. More often, at least in hunting scenarios, it's just you and your guide, far back in the backcountry. That's when it's nice to have a membership with Global Rescue LLC.
Global Rescue might just be the emergency medical services company that adventurous travelers have been looking for. The service doesn't ...