The cost of getting lost in Catalonia
The government in Spain’s northwest region of Catalonia says it spends about 3-million dollars a year rescuing ill-prepared hikers from the region’s mountains�but no more. Now it’s charging reckless hikers for their rescues. The World’s Gerry Hadden explains.
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