MOUNTAINEERING RISKS

Stratford Evening Post, Volume I, Issue 258, 9 October 1931, Page 3

MOUNTAINEERING RISKS

QUESTION OF° REGULATION LONDON NEWSPAPER’S COMMENT The London Evening Standard, just to hand, has a heading across a whole page over a cable message from Wellington announcing the proposed introduction of legislation regulating alpine climbing. Mr. Forbes is quoted as having said: “We must have more control over people wandering up mountains, getting lost and causing expense in searching, with danger to the searchers’ lives. The occurrence, at Ruapehu was nearly a first-class tragedy.” Comment in a footnote reads: “It is certain that climbers m Engf/md, as elsewhere; would resist any attempt at such legislation. While experienced mountaineers . take every precaution to lessen danger, they regard the unavoidable risks as part of the thrill of climbing.”