TentPeg wrote:There are plenty of other ways to manage visitors rather than leaving people sitting beside a swollen river - or them calling a taxi/helicopter.
north-north-west wrote:TentPeg wrote: Making them responsible for research and provision of equipment and supplies and, if they fail to do that, letting them sit beside that swollen river (which is, let us remember, part of the "experience") if they have no better reason for calling for an aerial taxi than stuffing up their transport options.
Warin wrote:Their food planing probably doesn't extend to siting beside the river ... so they will still call the 'aerial taxi'.... catch 22
north-north-west wrote:Warin wrote:Their food planing probably doesn't extend to siting beside the river ... so they will still call the 'aerial taxi'.... catch 22
You seem to be missing my point, which is that it is their responsibility to make sure that an easily foreseen event - the river level rising - does not cause problems with which they cannot cope by themselves. It's Bushwalking 101: check the forecast to see whether delays are a possibility and carry sufficient supplies to deal with such delays.
TentPeg wrote:north-north-west wrote:Warin wrote:Their food planing probably doesn't extend to siting beside the river ... so they will still call the 'aerial taxi'.... catch 22
You seem to be missing my point, which is that it is their responsibility to make sure that an easily foreseen event - the river level rising - does not cause problems with which they cannot cope by themselves. It's Bushwalking 101: check the forecast to see whether delays are a possibility and carry sufficient supplies to deal with such delays.
And you missed the point.
There has been no rebuttal from Parks or politicians ...
TentPeg wrote:The simple answer to overcrowding and overuse of the current camp area at Lake Rhona is to ban camping there and make platforms available nearby. Simple.
Worked at Dove Lake.
Warin wrote:I think it is called "Present Practice" .. it is not "Upgrading" nor "updating" ... just what is happening.
TentPeg wrote:The simple answer to stop people calling a chopper when on the wrong side of a flooded Gordon is to put a bridge in place just like Parks have done in numerous other locations. Simple.
The simple answer to overcrowding and overuse of the current camp area at Lake Rhona is to ban camping there and make platforms available nearby. Simple.
Worked at Dove Lake.
TentPeg wrote:Red herrings and misreads.
Seriously - you can do better than that.
north-north-west wrote:When do we say "OK, that's it, you're on your own now."? Why is the solution always to make it easier rather than insisting that people grow up and be responsible?
TentPeg wrote:Ok. You're on your own now.
headwerkn wrote:Of course, the real issue here is people putting themselves in potentially risky situations which were entirely avoidable in the first place, with a modicum of planning and common sense. Snake bites and falls just happen sometimes. Getting trapped by a rising river and not having time to wait it out before you miss your flight is bad planning.
hawk wrote:Maybe someone had a kemo treatment, maybe one was a doctor and had to do life threatening surgery.
hawk wrote:All of us walk in the wilderness and carry a PLB, ... the important thing is nobody died.
Overlandman wrote:a party of lost walkers on the Frenchmans Cap Track in the South-West.
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wander wrote:Overlandman wrote:a party of lost walkers on the Frenchmans Cap Track in the South-West.
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I'm curious as to how this can occur? Or were they doing an off track route?
hawk wrote:Maybe someone had a kemo treatment, maybe one was a doctor and had to do life threatening surgery. All of us walk in the wilderness and carry a PLB, some even walk by themselves, that makes us ALL entitled. It's time to stop judging, a helicopter was called so what, the important thing is nobody died.
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