Quote Originally Posted by L.F.F. View Post
We’re not being so specific. We’re talking about issues generally – you said if you don’t have the skills, you shouldn’t enter the race.

The guy comes on here asking a simple, friendly question about his experience and he gets some pompous crap in reply.

You don’t have to be a navigation expert to enter these races and he got into a bad situation, but dealt with it. Could’ve happened to anybody. Maybe he should’ve done some things differently, but once he was disorientated, with bad weather and not much landscape to refer to, it’s not surprising he ended up a bit lost.

As I said, well done for having the courage to give it a go. A proper fell running challenge.
I give up, you're obviously being pig-headed and ignorant for your own "special" reasons. And I don't have the time or energy to deal with idiots.

I will leave it at the following - I never said that you had to be a "navigation expert" - but being able to navigate should be (is?) part of the necessary set of skills (even in poor weather) for a race such as this. It worries me when people are so blasé about these sort of things, especially after what happened at Buttermere Sailbeck.

Right, I will cease my comments and observations (or "pompous crap" if you prefer) and get on with some work.