Do we as cavers have a "responsibility" / "obligation " (morally or otherwise) to make sure we have the equipment and knowledge to ensure we can deal with possible issues underground.
Specifically thinking something like the ability to get someone with a minor injury (eg. sprained ankle etc) up fairly simple pitch.
Reports of walkers having to call mountain rescue when they are lost because they didn't have a map and compass (or the ability to use them) is usually met with tuts and calls to charge them for the rescue.
If say someone had to call cave rescue, to get someone up Sell Gill with a sprained ankle because the group didn't have the kit or knowledge, would this generally be seen as "yeah fine, not a problem". Or is it more like the walkers without a map and compass ?
i suppose groups go underground with either, "we can help ourselves to a point" or "any problems at all and we call cave rescue".
Are both attitudes acceptable?
Solo caving and complex issues / injuries obviously excepted.
Specifically thinking something like the ability to get someone with a minor injury (eg. sprained ankle etc) up fairly simple pitch.
Reports of walkers having to call mountain rescue when they are lost because they didn't have a map and compass (or the ability to use them) is usually met with tuts and calls to charge them for the rescue.
If say someone had to call cave rescue, to get someone up Sell Gill with a sprained ankle because the group didn't have the kit or knowledge, would this generally be seen as "yeah fine, not a problem". Or is it more like the walkers without a map and compass ?
i suppose groups go underground with either, "we can help ourselves to a point" or "any problems at all and we call cave rescue".
Are both attitudes acceptable?
Solo caving and complex issues / injuries obviously excepted.