So who's all racing then

[brooner]

Better safe than sorry though...

yes, you're running/cycling/whatever out on the course and one of your team gets seriously injured, shall we send a pigeon to get an ambulance/assistance? Its a bit more useful than a whistle when the race covers a large distance without marshalls at every change of direction.

anyway, surely with your boats of feet bruce y'shouldn't be getting wet

[the duncan]

eh! watch it pal.

we only needed our phone in bristol to ring the organiser to ask where the f*ck the control was, and my phone was shaggged, so couldn't lost 10 mins cos it wasn't out, but it just makes sense mark!

[brooner]

eh! watch it pal.

we only needed our phone in bristol to ring the organiser to ask where the f*ck the control was, and my phone was shaggged, so couldn't lost 10 mins cos it wasn't out, but it just makes sense mark!

s'lucky i'd just put that other one out in the nettles by the canal just before you arrived as well then, they'd have had no way of tracking it down had it not been there. speaking of nettles...

[Kitch]

I agree with wot Mharky sed.

[mharky]

It's my choice if i want to die of exposure on a fell race though.

There is always the risk of getting injured, whatever your doing. So we should really always carry a phone all the time...

Do you take one orienteering? Or a 2 way radio as mobiles probably wouldnt work.

[brooner]

Do you take one orienteering? Or a 2 way radio as mobiles probably wouldnt work.

no, you have a whistle, and you are in more of a confined area (presuming you stay on the map) and not mixing it up with traffic and the like. why are whistle's compulsory sometimes? that always seems like a pretty pointless exercise.

[Nails]

Well exactly...if you fell off a crag and landed on a branch which punctured your lung, it's quite unlikely you would have the puff to blow your whistle!

[mharky]

no, you have a whistle

hmm.... only when comulsary on exposed and dangerous areas. like ash ranges.

[Nails]

Ash Ranges... which are indeed high and with some seriously precipitous crags and valleys, and the chances of some serious mountain weather poping up round the next corner are high.

Lovely race last night, beautiful evening in the peak.

[FatBoy]

Ash Ranges 05 - dangerous area due to felling and bonfires at approximate distance from FatBoy's route of 1m.

Mharky - maybe you're happy to risk dying of exposure on a fell race but FRA insurance probably isn't. I think it all comes down to that word they use in legal circles "reasonable" - i.e. the organiser must use reasonable measures to ensure safety.