alastairgott
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TheBitterEnd said:What does the BCA constitution say about car parking, bolting, digging? There are a lot of things which might benefit from, say, a code of practice/ethics which are just not appropriate to be in a constitution.
If you want ethics of Car parking then I'm sure the regional caving council is the best place to go. They will be the most "in touch" with landowner issues in the local area. Many regional councils have online access guides now, which run through all of the relevant things such as car parking and route finding to the entrance.
Bolting and Digging are also best sought out with the Regional Caving council.
We've had advise from a member of the Derbyshire bolting team, about the use of bolts which can be replaced with P bolts when the dig has been finished.
They are a wealth of information and if anything it would be great if more cavers could benefit from the years of experience of bolting some of these people have.
Regional caving councils have released information on Digging in a SSSI which provides many useful bits of information.
Personally, I don't believe that the BCA is the right place for a guide on "good practice and ethics" to come from. There are many different regional variations in "good practice" and "ethics" that a simplified document to cover the entire of the UK would just not cut it.
There are many lessons to be learnt from past events but it would be very difficult and horrific to dredge a lot of these up and put them in a document. Not suggesting that this would happen, but it's where some lessons can be learnt. I doubt you would have to look hard on this forum to find some "hot topics" to do some research on.