cap n chris
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/north_yorkshire/7196965.stm
Ahh, but your opinion doesn't count as the British public and media know far more about caves and how dangerous and flood prone they are than we ever will.... :-\Even though we told them we didn't need to go into Wet Caves
I can't see why people need to revise assessments etc - I would have thought it was obvious there has been significant rainfall so thus we take more care anyway - or do some people not use their own judgement anymore in our country because 'why should we do that when we can be told what we should be doing'.As the British weather changes then by the same token do the streams and rivers in our caves.
Perhaps our assessments based on past local knowledge should be revised.
richardg said:Perhaps our assessments based on past local knowledge should be revised.
Better then caving solo as a group has more chance of surviving by helping each other, surly.ChrisJC said:I do wonder given the state of the rivers now, and the weather forecast, why anybody is out caving with groups! Asking for trouble IMHO. :spank:
Chris.
c**tplaces said:Better then caving solo as a group has more chance of surviving by helping each other, surely.
Les W said:Well said Pitlamp
cavesherpa said:Well said cap n chris it does seem that people are entering systems in knowlingly Dangerous conditions. Nowt we can do about that but cringe. I also totally agree with the comment on needing good local knowledge, maybe we should try and find a way of making this more accessible maybe a link on this forum somewhere where local cavers can warn us of areas to stay away from. I am not jumping on the climate band wagon but conditions do seem to be getting pretty bad and for more prolonged periods.