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It's a fair point Chris. However, the issues are real and they are worth discussing...even if its just ideas that go no further. And, as the UKA affiliation vote showed, what we yak about on here is often far removed from what the masses think:rolleyes:
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Blimey...... is this thread still rambling & rumbling on...?
Surely Shirley it's time to put it to bed....
I thought it was done to death after the first couple of pages, way back in 2007!
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Sorry just scrolled back and saw someone had already cracked that one.:o
I'll get me coat.
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Greenleafer - couldn't say that I love the internet - I love fell running, but to be honest there's not much I do on the internet except post here, except for using it for work. I wasn't being high and mighty - I was just saying what I think. I didn't say it made sense or was consistent with anything else, in fact I think I apologised for rambling on a bit.
So there.
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Interesting extra spice on the Equipment section http://forum.fellrunner.org.uk/showthread.php?t=3388
A horse fell rider trying to get personal locator beacons legalised. The link to the rock climbing forum discussion is worth following to see the views from an allied (but nuttier) group.
The comment that put the willies up me was:
"I am a Safety Consultant, and as a safety professional I wholeheartedly support your campaign to make these devices legal for use on land.
In fact I would go further and make them mandatory for climbers, walkers, etc in some areas, as their use would make the search and rescue operations much easier."
Although I suspect this might have been a troll or dwarf or whatever you web-geeks call a wind-up merchant!!
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Originally Posted by
IanDarkpeak
Last years Edale kit requirement was full waterproof (With hood) body cover. A number of runners tried to pass off pertex as Waterproof but we sent them back to their car to put a better top in. We also told a number of runners that we advise them to carry more food, which they did and were thankful later.
Excellent, common sense, I didn't mean to imply that the organisers of this particular race didn't specify such and my apologies if you felt that was the case, I was generalising. Like I said, If I'm asked to carry a phone I will, I've got plenty respect for those who give up their time to organise events, I have no wish to be critical, without organisers and marshals we are all sunk. Having said that, the debate/ethics are interesting.
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Mobiles Schmobiles!!!
I've never read as much hot air in all my life as this thread.
What we're looking at here is our (and by that I mean every last one of us) total over-reliance on mountain rescue teams for safety cover on our long races.
If we were all as self-reliant as some of the gobbers on here dream that we are, then, after the Edale Skyline's finished, and we're all in the village hall sipping tea and eating sarnies, feeling self-satisfied with our performances (!!), it should go something like this:-
Andy comes dashing in and says that he's a couple missing between Mam Nick and Jacob's Ladder. Immediately, we should ALL get of our backsides, kit up again, grab extra waterproofs and lights from the cars (cos it's gonna be a long night) and sweep-search in a big long line from Lord's Seat right over Brown Knoll to Edale Cross. Whatever the time, whatever the weather. Everybody! Right?
If you want modern day rescue teams to look after you, then you've got to play the game their way.
Personally, I would dearly love to go back to the old ways (and don't think these things didn't happen, they most certainly did) - but I fear that there are some folk on here who would quickly go back to road running when they tasted reality.
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So, plenty of waffling comment and oblique personal insults but no actual constructive viewpoint on the compulsory mobile phone carrying issue then Thuggy?
Nothing new there then... ;)
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I didn't think Yorkshire Thug was being particularly wafflely or making personal comments to be honest, although I did struggle to see what point he was making :). I'd be more than happy to join in a search for missing runners after a race if called on (wouldn't we all?). My major gripes all along with this mobile thing have been having to carry one with absolutely no or very low expectations of actually getting a useable O2 signal, no idea what number to ring should I have an insurmountable problem (Edale MR what ever number that is I guess) and an extremely high chance of breaking the mobile (especially the way I often tumble down descents) which isn't mine in the first place.