pete.owens wrote:That would be easy enough to deal with - simply do the check at the finish rather than the start.
Genius!
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pete.owens wrote:That would be easy enough to deal with - simply do the check at the finish rather than the start.
seabird wrote:After our experience at Yockenthwaite in 2013 we used the following formulation prominently in the final details at last years SHI and Northern Champs on the neighbouring, and very similar, area to Kilnsey. Prominently in that it was stated at the start of the details and not tucked away towards the end.
Shorts are allowed. (There are some small patches of nettles). A whistle must be carried whatever the conditions Cagoules, i.e. a waterproof jacket with a hood, may be compulsory. There will be checks for both; the latter only if required.
We would recommend that, in addition, all competitors follow the very sensible Fell Runners Association regulations, which stipulate all competitors come prepared to carry or wear whole body cover waterproof clothing, hat, gloves, and some emergency food. (Compass, whistle and map go without saying!). Hopefully you won’t need it, but you never know.
As it was only the whistle was required.
This still leaves the final decision with the competitor, and was seen as a first step in raising awareness within the wider orienteering community of this advice. Hopefully the Rules and Safety Guidance to officials will catch up with this theme.
Having done many MMs and a few fell races since the current rules were brought in, I've never personally had my kit checked. It seems to me that it is impractical to expect officials to be able to check every runner's kit to assess the quality of their equipment.
Spot checks however are feasible.
The FRA Rules, even used as Guidelines, are not relevant to the majority of orienteering venues, only those that take people into high and exposed terrain vulnerable to wilder weather.
Even in those areas, as with the FRA, the organiser should have the ability to withdraw the requirement to carry/wear this clothing if the prevailing conditions and short term foescast permit.
seabird wrote:Even in those areas, as with the FRA, the organiser should have the ability to withdraw the requirement to carry/wear this clothing if the prevailing conditions and short term foescast permit.
mykind wrote: I doubt if a lawyer's/coroner's view of reasonable would coincide with the average orienteer's view of reasonable
pete.owens wrote:A more common scenario at an O event would be the organiser tryng to locate a "missing" competitor would phone home to discover that they had forgotten to download and was comfortably soaking in the bath.
Big Jon wrote:Thinking about the Jk and weather today on a run in Deeside forest on a wet windy day...
The main issue was the choice of area for an event in north England in mid March.
A forest area (any forest area) would have been fine on Sunday - unpleasant yes, but not life threatening. Perhaps its time for organisers of early spring events to avoid this type of high, exposed open area at this time of year.
Big Jon wrote:Perhaps its time for organisers of early spring events to avoid this type of high, exposed open area at this time of year.
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