Quote Originally Posted by TheGrump View Post
Presumably you mean as required by section 7 Event Information.
THE 2014 FRA SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR FELL RACES and RULES FOR COMPETITION

4 COURSE DESIGN
Compulsory sections MUST NOT include hazards or dangerous sections and all courses MUST be designed so runners are not tempted to gain advantage by negotiating hazards such as rock climbs or steep unstable slopes where dislodged stones may fall on those below.

7 EVENT INFORMATION
General publicity MUST indicate:
* the nature of the event
* severity
* type of terrain
* suitability, or otherwise, for novices.
Specific information MUST be available for competitors prior to the race day and displayed at the point of registration concerning:
* race rules
* race route
* retirement procedures
* equipment to be carried
* checkpoint closing times.

Now Mr Grumpikins, you mention Section 7 and so I'm sure you're also familiar with section 4.

If Wynn fullfills section 7, she will be explaining the diagonal cut across as you start to ascend Robinson, where I've seen runners go up at differing points but ultimately they all end up having to climb the crags as seen in this link http://www.flickr.com/photos/8011535...57600142585102

go back a few picks and you also see some runners taking a line up across some loose rocks and yes I have seen some dislodged in the times I have done the race - but fortunately without incident.

Then we have the drop off Catbells.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8011535...57600142585102
Have you tried shimmy ing off there, particularly with the herds of walkers coming the other way who tend to hog the easiest lines.

So when the RO sets out the requirements under section 7, the concern is that they are actually contradicting some of the things that are set out not just in other sections of this document, but elsewhere in the other published documents.

So we all accept that AW is a fantastic race, in some of the most wonderful countryside we have and I don't think that any of us deem the terrain as anything we can't handle.
So why can we not chop away some of the prescriptive directions and allow an RO to just fullfill section 7 and apply the safety arrangements to their event that they know, through their local knowledge and experience, are the best measures to put in place.