Quote Originally Posted by alwaysinjured View Post
Not daft, just not ideal. At the moment an RO has to make an impossible decision in the light of the last fatality as to whether conditions are too adverse to run.

It gives a half way house before actually cancelling or amending.

Pairs can get completely lost, but that is not necessarily the only issue - it is whether one can call for assistance in the event of the other having problems either injury or hypothermia. Don't think mountain marathons have had a fatality (may be wrong) and the ability for pairs to aid each other possibly accounts.

On the fell relays I had to deal with a partner who became unable to run on a smashed up ankle, in a very out of the way and certainly invisible place. She would have struggled without me....
You seem to be prejudging the outcome of the coroner which isn't out yet and coming to some odd conclusions!

Also your point over the safety rules not protecting RO enough seem to overlook the issue of risk. No amount of rewriting of the rules will change the risks of fell races. Unless race routes are going to change dramatically ie not be in the hills, over rocky ground, where you can get lost then the risks don't go away. No one wants this and therefore RO have to mitigate for the risks as best they can ie ask for relevant experience ensure people carry necessary kit etc. Seems to me that this is all covered well enough by the rules and there is no need to change them further.