TheBitterEnd
Well-known member
A couple of recent threads:-
http://ukcaving.com/board/index.php?topic=17325.msg228047#msg228047
http://ukcaving.com/board/index.php?topic=17331.0;topicseen
got me thinking about when it is right to take the initiative and when it is best to seek advice, inform others, ask some group to take action. There would seem to be some obvious cases, e.g.
However what are UKCaving's views on whether an individual should just take action, be that putting in a bit of conservation tape, replacing a fixed aid or rebolting a route?
http://ukcaving.com/board/index.php?topic=17325.msg228047#msg228047
http://ukcaving.com/board/index.php?topic=17331.0;topicseen
got me thinking about when it is right to take the initiative and when it is best to seek advice, inform others, ask some group to take action. There would seem to be some obvious cases, e.g.
- if it's your dig you get on and do what you've got to do, hopefully in an informed and sensitive way
if it's something like restoring the Providence or Lancaster entrances then the effort involved would seem to dictate that a reasonable degree of consultation has to be done
However what are UKCaving's views on whether an individual should just take action, be that putting in a bit of conservation tape, replacing a fixed aid or rebolting a route?