What a complete waste of . . . . .

[cr355]

the emergency services, the mountain rescue and needless amounts of money that i doubt will be reimbursed to all who where duty bound to clear this mess up that clearly Jen Longbottom the race organiser could have avoided.i am completely appalled that someone who clearly is not fit to organise a sack race at a primary school is in this position to endanger the wellbeing of others .

[Faffer]

So you weren't there either were you!!

Surprise I can guess that!

[Malcy]

cr555, please refer to previous threads to find answers to your question.zzzzzzzzzzz

[garydavies]

the emergency services, the mountain rescue and needless amounts of money that i doubt will be reimbursed to all who where duty bound to clear this mess up that clearly Jen Longbottom the race organiser could have avoided.i am completely appalled that someone who clearly is not fit to organise a sack race at a primary school is in this position to endanger the wellbeing of others .

CR355 - please state your MM, outdoor experience.

[OverhypedByTheMedia]

...electrons from all the newbies (yes I know I'm one too, but my alter ego isn't) posting ignorant comments on here.

[BLUEBIKE]

CR55....What do you do in your spare time - sit around writing into forums you no zip about!!!

[beowulf]

...of time, energy, and calorific expenditure clicking on this thread, that I doubt will be reimbursed to all that thought it might be anything than a dull and pointless rehashing of some tired opinions voiced by people who don't know what they're talking about. I'm completely appalled that someone this dull is allowed in front a computer.

[PlumBum]

cr355 with comments like this you should be put up against a wall and shot.
Jen and the rest of the team have an immense amount of experience of organising events, which I doubt very much you have, and the proof is in the end result.
Mountain Rescue and other emergency services should not have been, and probably were not, involved to any major degree until the end of the competition duration, 36 hours + a bit of float.
cr355 you are nothing but an ar5e hole, but what is worse, a misinformed ar5e hole.

[gazj]

cr355

Why do you think there was a waste of emergency services?

Police- Came to block honister pass and borrowdale road, to the general public, because they were flooded then decided to get unnecessarily involved in assisting with the OMM. They actually thought that because people were camping out for the night that they were missing, which they weren't. They were just being safe and not trying to get off the hills in the dark.
MR - No cost there to taxpayer as they are entirely volunteers, many of whom were actually doing the race. A small number of injured people needed assistance. Only 0.004% went to hospital. Have a look at stats on those injured on Fun runs etc
Ambulance services- I think a couple of guys got transported to hospital, it wasn't really a disaster zone.
RAF Heli- The CAA require the RAF to undertake a certain amount of training and they use Mountain Rescues as a training exercise. If there are not enough call outs they have to make up the hours with "dummy" rescues etc.
Salvation Army- say no more.....

Just think of the cost of Bonfire Night to the emergency services- Perhaps everyone that buys a firework or attends an organised do should make a contribution, to the hundreds of callouts across the country. There are a large number of events/past-times, that spring to mind that cost the tax payer  when only a small percentage of people benefit. And then there are other lifestyles which continually cost the taxpayer,  smoking probably the biggest, no maybe overeating, no maybe binge drinking, no hang on what about drugs and the crime associated.

I would rather my children took part in Mounatin Marathons than any of the above pasttimes so get off your arm chair and get life

[cr355]

the emergency services, the mountain rescue and needless amounts of money that i doubt will be reimbursed to all who where duty bound to clear this mess up that clearly Jen Longbottom the race organiser could have avoided.i am completely appalled that someone who clearly is not fit to organise a sack race at a primary school is in this position to endanger the wellbeing of others .

CR355 - please state your MM, outdoor experience.

Not a fell runner but a qualified mountaineer, have worked in air rescue and it still amazes me how many morons flock to the lakes and end up either getting lost or injured in bad weather.

[DaiEvans]

So how many people were lost in the OMM exactly?
So how many people were injured?

Or is your last posting a reference to the people who generally walk in the Lakes & underwrite the regions economy and presumably as you are a "qualified" mountaineer, underwrite your income? Are they all truly "morons" who venture into the hills, venture into the mountains, climb the North Face of the Eiger, Everest or venture into the Antarctic? Where was it you drew the line exactly?

[Hanneke]

I have seen qualified mountaineers getting into trouble... we were not in trouble yesterday! The whole situation was represented in a completely wrong light by the media and mis-judged by the police and rescue services...

There is nothing to see here, plkease move on and let me get on with my fell running!

[OverhypedByTheMedia]

Not a fell runner but a qualified mountaineer, have worked in air rescue and it still amazes me how many morons flock to the lakes and end up either getting lost or injured in bad weather.

Meanwhile it amazes me that somebody with that experience could be so completely taken in by the media, have so little knowledge or understanding of the OMM and the people who take part in it and confuse those people with the ordinary punters who put themselves in far more danger.

[Kat86]

the emergency services, the mountain rescue and needless amounts of money that i doubt will be reimbursed to all who where duty bound to clear this mess up that clearly Jen Longbottom the race organiser could have avoided.i am completely appalled that someone who clearly is not fit to organise a sack race at a primary school is in this position to endanger the wellbeing of others .

Nobody forced people to go on the hill.

Mountain rescue pluck a hell of a lot of unequiped walkers off the hill, or people late for tea parties, or who get lost in the dark after setting off a 2pm on a winters day for a 4 hour walk, without torches.

This forum is full of people who know nothing trying to tell Mountain Marathoners and Organisers (i.e the people with experience) that they are wrong.

[cr355]

the emergency services, the mountain rescue and needless amounts of money that i doubt will be reimbursed to all who where duty bound to clear this mess up that clearly Jen Longbottom the race organiser could have avoided.i am completely appalled that someone who clearly is not fit to organise a sack race at a primary school is in this position to endanger the wellbeing of others .

Nobody forced people to go on the hill.

Mountain rescue pluck a hell of a lot of unequiped walkers off the hill, or people late for tea parties, or who get lost in the dark after setting off a 2pm on a winters day for a 4 hour walk, without torches.

This forum is full of people who know nothing trying to tell Mountain Marathoners and Organisers (i.e the people with experience) that they are wrong.

ironically there were 2,500 allegedly 'experienced' fell runners who blindly went along with the decision to run, talk about sheep following each other, baaa