Maybe your point illustrates a difference between an instructor and a
facilitator, empowering individuals with responsibility for their own safety
is an important aspect of our work. However my orginal comment was not
really pointed at people working in organised groups. If you visit the
Mountain Rescue logs for any year you will find entries such as 'Indian
woman in traditional dress fallen off waterfall' (there is no gender or
racial issue here its just an example) or 'man in training shoes slipped
into gully'. These are people who enter the Adventure Environment with
niavity of consequence. So would it be possible for these people to make
informed judgements.
Pete.
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Pete
Fair points that you bring to my flippant reply and they warrant discussion.
As someone who supervises several outdoor instructors who in turn provide
instruction in mountaineering, kayaking, caving and climbing. I personally
believe it's irrelevant if an individual has no experience in such
activities as walking in the Lakes or any other mountainous region - they
must take responsibility for their actions. All too often we feel its
someone else's' responsibility, people seem to have forgotten what it is to
'think' for themselves and take responsibility.
I am sure I should give this more thought and provide a more balanced view
point, I shall over the weekend return to this issue.
Regards
Richard.
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