Any experienced mountain climber knows the very essential items required in a survival kit include matches and a compass. Now Andean adventurers should also consider including a credit card.
A new law in San Juan stipulates that any trekkers or climbers that get lost and require rescuing must pay for it. An unlucky climber from Buenos Aires recently had her two day ordeal lost on Mt Mercedario made worse by a $30,000 peso bill at the end.
Cordoba province has introduced a similar rule and there is talk that Mendoza should do the same. The only question now is if you die up there who pays to recover the body?
