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Ben Nevis under threat from Booted Foot!

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Defender:
I had an interesting site meeting with the National Park, Cumbria CC, the local farmer & other members of the Cumbria Countryside Access MPV Sub Group on a couple of lanes in Colton Parish in Cumbria on Thursday & some of the views expressed were very interesting.....
....I'll post details soon.

Chris Putt:
It is a massive problem, The intrepid 'Louts' you mention sadly, are the product of the stigma attached to everest.- Its a big market now getting people to the top of everest, the problem is now that too many people are basically due to the availability of support and guides who are willing to take vast sums of money to do so. Unfortunately the costs to the mountain are great, as you have mentioned the amount of equipment discarded by those desperate to make it, most of it (from what I have read) being depleted oxygen bottles, which then never get removed due to the diffficult nature of the terrain.

It is a dichotomy, do we encourage people to go out and experience the outdoors and get fit and see things outside of the urban sprawl at the expense of our countryside, or do we keep quiet, and let it all remain inaccessible, at the expense of allowing people to have these wilderness experiences.

Is rebuilding footpaths the way- or by doing this (often by bringing in stone that is not native) are we actually ruining the natural environment further? Are 'scars' created by footpaths actually scars or are they just an acceleration of a natural process? after all- How many times have we walked up a sheep track?

In the Mean time, Stick to the paths guys and don't scare the wildlife!!!!!!!!

Chris
 

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