FE Lake District Lovers
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May 2019
8:50am, 26 May 2019
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Derby Tup
What’s it say stu?
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May 2019
8:52am, 26 May 2019
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stuart little
Paid Help On The Bob Graham Round We think its been pretty clear for years that paying someone to ‘guide’ you on the Bob Graham Round is against the spirit and ethos of the Bob Graham Club. We spelt it out on the club website for the benefit of people trying to join. Nevertheless we are very well aware that there are companies out there who are currently advertising their services to do exactly that – for a price! The fact is that there are large numbers of our members, and aspiring members, who regularly give up their time and effort to help others, whether helping prepare or ‘on the day’, get round the BG and achieve membership of the Club – for absolutely nothing! You can find them via the this page or through the large number of fellrunning clubs. It really isn’t difficult to find help freely given, and that’s exactly what the Bob Graham Round and this Club is all about. The Bob Graham Club is not about to give up that ethos and we are very close to a point where we will refuse to ratify Bob Graham Rounds which have used the services of commercial guides who charge for their services. Your Committee intends to meet again in September to make a final decision, but we very much hope that in the meantime people applying for membership of the Club using paid Bob Graham guiding services will stop. Selwyn Wright - Chairman |
May 2019
8:57am, 26 May 2019
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flyingfinn
DT the club has been accepting guided rounds for years. There are plenty of people with membership certificates who barely knew where they were during their round and have never provided any meaningful support to anyone else before or after their own round. The paid element is a complete red herring and if you truly feel that way about the ethics of the round/club your certificate should already be in the bin. By the way anyone know which rounds Killian is helping out on this year?
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May 2019
9:00am, 26 May 2019
31,580 posts
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Derby Tup
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May 2019
9:13am, 26 May 2019
967 posts
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um
Struggling to understand the difference (overall) between a 'free' guide and paid guide. But, at the extreme end, this pic of Everest was in the papers the other day - what the end point of 'paid trips' becomes ... |
May 2019
11:52am, 26 May 2019
54,822 posts
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swittle
The highest price. bbc.co.uk |
May 2019
12:02pm, 26 May 2019
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Northern Exile
Spent the night at Newlands out of touch. Judging by the tracker, she is back in Keswick. FF is right of course, there have been many successful rounds where the candidate was dragged round and never returned or contributed to the BGR bank, however to my mind using a paid guide just pushes it too far. I might have guessed what was going on actually, Caroline did very little training in the Lakes and had no real idea of what the BGR was about - it was just a box tick for her, on that basis - and because the round is dear to me - I am not sorry she pulled out. Bobs follows her on FB and says she canned it on Dollywaggon. |
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May 2019
12:06pm, 26 May 2019
31,587 posts
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Derby Tup
What was the weather out while she was out NE?
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May 2019
12:11pm, 26 May 2019
18,282 posts
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flanker
One of our club, Jo Daniels, judged it to perfection in 23:46.
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May 2019
12:11pm, 26 May 2019
5,080 posts
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Northern Exile
Pretty rough, but not beyond question - claggy and occasional rain. She will not be accustomed to those conditions.
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