Adventurers go missing, rescue teams spend huge amounts of manpower and resources on rescues. Repeated "bloody" lessons and high search and rescue costs have failed to stop adventurers from taking risks. What is the root of the problem?

　　  Veteran "adventurer" Pu Wei is the only person from our province to have climbed Mount Everest. He said that adventurers have become accustomed to the environmental damage and personal accidents caused by outdoor activities and are falling into a "vicious cycle" of competition.

　　  Adventurer Pu Wei: "Often they (adventurers) want to challenge what others haven't challenged, or the harder you think it is, the more I want to find out just how hard it really is."

　　  Currently, there are as many as 500 outdoor sports club associations in Shaanxi Province, with over 300,000 "adventurers," but only two clubs are registered with the Sports Bureau, and there are fewer than 40 certified professional outdoor leaders. With clubs unregistered and leaders unqualified, operating on a profit-driven model, Pu Wei believes such clubs are like "black clinics": unable to cure illnesses and even causing loss of life.

　　  Xie Wei, Secretary-General of the Outdoor Sports Association of Xi'an Sports Bureau: "In this situation, the incidence of outdoor accidents is very high. (Xi'an) has ranked among the highest in the country for several consecutive years. For example, two years ago it was ranked first nationally, with 15 deaths and 44 outdoor safety incidents that year."

　　  Some rescuers and citizens believe that the lack of institutional constraints and post-incident accountability is also one of the reasons why some adventurers take risks without concern. The current situation, where rescue costs are entirely borne by the government, has been widely questioned. It is understood that Xi'an's NPC deputies and CPPCC members have repeatedly submitted motions or proposals on "legislating to regulate the development of outdoor sports clubs," but none have received sufficient attention.

　　  Xie Wei, Secretary-General of the Outdoor Sports Association of Xi'an Sports Bureau: "As we continue to vigorously develop sports tourism and ecotourism in the Qinling Mountains, more people will enter the mountainous areas, and there will be more deaths and accidents. Therefore, legislation must be enacted as soon as possible."

　　  This year, the Xi'an CPPCC received a collectively submitted proposal from members titled "On Legislating to Regulate Outdoor Sports." The proposal suggests implementing a registration, recording, and annual inspection system for outdoor clubs, requiring adventurers to pay risk guarantee deposits for subsequent rescues, and investigating the responsibilities of relevant individuals and clubs after accidents to prevent outdoor sports mishaps as much as possible.



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