{"id":2251,"date":"2009-04-19T15:38:06","date_gmt":"2009-04-19T15:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dpfr.org.uk\/wp_dpfr\/?p=2251"},"modified":"2009-04-19T15:38:30","modified_gmt":"2009-04-19T15:38:30","slug":"","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dpfr.org.uk\/wp_dpfr\/2251","title":{"rendered":"Duffers on the hills?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ransome1\"<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

The controversy over safety on warts and other runs had me thinking of the famous telegram from Arthur Ransome\u2019s \u2018Swallows and Amazons\u2019:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Better drowned than duffers if not duffers won\u2019t drown.\u2019<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Commander Walker these days might be expected to have replied by text or email to his wife when asked if his children could sail on the lake something along the lines of:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018have you done a risk assessment?\u2019<\/span><\/em>.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

While the \u00a0<\/span>traditional Dark Peak ethos that \u2018 everyone is responsible for their own safety\u2019 may seem harsh to some it is crystal clear and what might start with apparently harmless measures like carrying a little survival\u00a0 <\/span>equipment might lead us to some very unsavoury interference with natural selection- not too mention our sport! <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

For those who are interested to see evolution in action \u2013 or as they put it \u2018chlorinating the gene pool\u2019 -see <\/span>http:\/\/www.darwinawards.com\/<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The controversy over safety on warts and other runs had me thinking of the famous telegram from Arthur Ransome\u2019s \u2018Swallows and Amazons\u2019: Better drowned than duffers if not duffers won\u2019t drown.\u2019 Commander Walker these days might be expected to have replied by text or email to his wife when asked […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-carshare"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dpfr.org.uk\/wp_dpfr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dpfr.org.uk\/wp_dpfr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dpfr.org.uk\/wp_dpfr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dpfr.org.uk\/wp_dpfr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dpfr.org.uk\/wp_dpfr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2251"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dpfr.org.uk\/wp_dpfr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2251\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dpfr.org.uk\/wp_dpfr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dpfr.org.uk\/wp_dpfr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dpfr.org.uk\/wp_dpfr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}