In reply to JohnBson:
> Get hurt and it's for you to deal with, don't expect rescue.
Except that you almost certainly will be rescued, because that's just what MRT's do regardless of whatever operational challenges they are facing - you may wait longer for rescue, and then you'll be putting your rescuers at some risk of infection. "Big boys rules" (girls also) involve accepting risks for yourself, not imposing them on others.
But with all the wrangling on several different threads about what is more risky that what, how dangerous it is to drive, cycle whatever, blah blah blah, perhaps it's important not to gloss over this part of Elfyn's post:
"Also the public backlash against climbing would be immense and at some point we will be trying to get these restrictions eased as soon as it's safe to do so."
It would be *so* easy for just a couple of people to go out and make us all look like selfish dickheads in the eyes of the public, legislators and landowners, which could have a detrimental effect on how the 'lockdown' progresses for us and how it's lifted, and potentially on access negotiations everywhere for years to come.
It's not just climbers making these sacrifices for a little while, gliders aren't gliding, cavers aren't caving, kayakers aren't kayaking. People have even stopped playing golf ffs.
Post edited at 08:25