Boundary Waters Quetico Forum :: Quetico Forum :: Emergency evacuation
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Wally13 |
My bud had travel insurance that paid almost all of the flight and hospital bills. He’s a lucky guy. Happy ending. |
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RC |
If you do need to get air lifted out there are some considerations, how far are you from the water? Is the nearest water accessible by float plane or is it a swamp or a tiny lake too small to land a plane on. It might be too windy for the plane to fly. We were airlifted out a couple of years ago. It was a horrible accident that needed immediate surgical attention but we waiting for four hours in the dirt before a plane could get there and then it took a long time to get the patient to the plane. The park rangers said that since they had rented an airplane for another emergency earlier in the day there would be no charge for us. We had to leave everything in the woods, all we took was the filthy clothes on our backs. The bad news was that the only way to get back to retrieve our canoe and equipment was to rent a plane which cost $1,000. By the way, there was no way we could get anyone, airplane or ambulance to cross the border. We had to have family drive to the hospital in Canada to bring the patient back and the plane that I paid to bring me and the equipment out would only take me as far as the border. |
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bobbernumber3 |
Most important is that they get you. |
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Voyaguer68 |
Cheers |
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billconner |
Now, I believe in at CO and NH, or parts of those states, they say they will charge you, or will if it's your negligence. Not clear if they have charged many or collected any expenses. IIRC they both have programs where you can buy a card that will cover it - a membership. |
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Voyaguer68 |
Been traveling up to the BWCA/Quetico since 1968-so I'm dated. My wife is concerned that if I have an emergency while in the Quetico (I'm going there this autumn), how is the best method to extract me and most importantly will travelers insurance cover an evacuation. I will have an InReach and Satellite phone however am most interested in your thoughts on companies that cover such an event. Thanks in advance. |
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EmmaMorgan |
Garmin Search and Rescue Insurance |
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CanoeNova |
We didn’t have a testing satellite device only a Spot SOS device. So once we hit button for emergency evacuation we didn’t know if plane was coming until it came 4-5 hours later. would have been much better for those at home if we had a device that could text (we do now). Our loved ones didn’t know what had happened or to whom until 5-6 hours after the initial SOS (We found someone with a compound fracture so it wasn’t our group. We had 3-4 more days left before we came back to the real world) I don’t recall what it cost the person to be picked up. Could probably find out though. |
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billconner |
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bobbernumber3 |
Mocha: "bobbernumber3: "Atikokan Aero Service sent us a bill for rescue pickup on Saganaga Lake, with a stop at Cache Bay Ranger Station. and Seagull Outfitters as final destination. Less the $300 for 3 guys in 2001. We thought it was a great deal! And we never thought to negotiate a deal (or worry about insurance) at the time... We all thought so! And so much better than the alternative. |
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AdamXChicago |
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Mocha |
bobbernumber3: "Atikokan Aero Service sent us a bill for rescue pickup on Saganaga Lake, with a stop at Cache Bay Ranger Station. and Seagull Outfitters as final destination. Less the $300 for 3 guys in 2001. We thought it was a great deal! And we never thought to negotiate a deal (or worry about insurance) at the time... Ohy but that is a bargain |