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Ben Nevis under threat from Booted Foot!

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carracarra13:
I must admit my feelings run very high on these subjects the old double standerds , if walkers have the right to roam why cant every one else? shurly we could get enough support (theres enough of us ) if we stuck together' how do you think the walkers got such strong support,  lets actualy do somthing instead of winging about it and show as many pepole as possible we  ARE RISPONCIABLE 4x4ERS why not put our responcible laning vids on you tube etc draw lots of attention to the fact that we ALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO ACCESS THE COUNTRYSIDE,

as for lane closures if a road is closed it should be closed to ALL AS IT COULD BE CLASSED AS PREJUDICED and I thought we were ment to have equal  rights, could this be used in a legal right act? after all if some one in the street said oh you cant come down hear I dont like the coulor of you it would be rightfully considered raciest shure the princiable of civile rights is the same hear

mike142sl:
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The problems caused by so many booted feet tramping up Britain’s highest mountain will come to a head later this month with a summit meeting between charity representatives and Ben Nevis’s authorities.

Now is this 'summit' meeting what I think it means  :doh:

Chris Putt:
THis arguement has been around for years. Its a major issue for any well walked route, all of the NPAs have to tackle this year round. The real question is this. Should there even be a path the less accessible it is the less people will attempt an ascent? Cairngorn is possibly worse off than Nevis.......

 As an outdoor instructor I pretty much take the view, let the tourists stick to nevis/snowdon (sacraficially) etc and erode them and let all the other mountains remain less accessible, that way I/my clients can enjoy these other sites in a relatively undisturbed manner.

V8MoneyPit:

--- Quote from: Chris Putt on January 16, 2009, 23:53:01 ---THis arguement has been around for years. Its a major issue for any well walked route, all of the NPAs have to tackle this year round. The real question is this. Should there even be a path the less accessible it is the less people will attempt an ascent? Cairngorn is possibly worse off than Nevis.......

 As an outdoor instructor I pretty much take the view, let the tourists stick to nevis/snowdon (sacraficially) etc and erode them and let all the other mountains remain less accessible, that way I/my clients can enjoy these other sites in a relatively undisturbed manner.

--- End quote ---

Hmm... interesting thought. But I wonder if Nevis would have become so popular if it was less accessible in the first place. Maybe so. We only have to look at the junk left up Everest to realise there are more 'intrepid' louts around than we might think.

ChrisV8:
It's the age old problem the Bobblies wreck the Fells and very few can be bothered to help to repair the damage. This appeal has been out for years, they have lots of money and few volunteers

http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/lakesguide/4050545.Conservation_volunteers_needed_on_fells/

but if we ask for money for the BOATS and UCRs "there isn't any money" how strange, it took ages to get the Coach Road repaired but they have made a really good job of it.

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