I understand it is up to the instructor and/or their employer to choose a venue suitable for their clients/skills/experience/equipment. I think this would be a sensible application of Health and Safety Law.
Referencing Health and Safety at Work etc. Act (1974) sounds grand but does not pull the wool over everyone's eyes. It does not, for example, justify changing the environment to enable you or your guided party to get slightly further than they otherwise would.
Mountain guides, scuba instructors, kayak guides will all face similar issues but do not need to continually modify the environment they operate in. How could they? And why would they?
It seems to me that some people frame their argument as 'Safety' when really the root of the discussion is about 'Liability' and 'Money'.
Referencing Health and Safety at Work etc. Act (1974) sounds grand but does not pull the wool over everyone's eyes. It does not, for example, justify changing the environment to enable you or your guided party to get slightly further than they otherwise would.
Mountain guides, scuba instructors, kayak guides will all face similar issues but do not need to continually modify the environment they operate in. How could they? And why would they?
It seems to me that some people frame their argument as 'Safety' when really the root of the discussion is about 'Liability' and 'Money'.