Quote Originally Posted by Dave_Mole View Post
The current issue, which has arisen out of the Bellfield inquest, is how to protect those who put on races from becoming liable to prosecution due to "negligence", which can be "demonstrated" by the RO not following the FRA Rules. It's not the dead runner who will be looking to prosecute the RO, but surviving relatives who may know nothing about the risks of fell running.

So, the issue isn't necessarily how to make fell racing/running safer: that's impossible given the nature of the pursuit...
Dave, I agree with your post, and your concise summary of the issue. The only bit I take issue with is that making fellrunning safer is impossible. We can make it safer in some ways and we need to show that we continually try to do that. I think you may have meant we can't make it completely 'safe' or 'ensure safety' - nor would we want to.

I agree it's a difficult line to tread though..