The formulation of such a reasonable framework has baffled and defied the most expert political and parliamentary mountaineers throughout the century.
Yet these are ordinary people, not professional mountaineers.
There may well be crags measuring less than 10 hectares to which mountaineers want access.
It does not mean that people have to be mountaineers or rugged types to enjoy these amenities.
Mountaineers have various safety equipment—helmets, running belays, pitons, karabines, and so on—which is not compulsory, but which most sensible climbers use.
Recreation embraces walkers, anglers, campers, cyclists, mountaineers, gliders, canoeists, pot holer, sub-aqua enthusiasts and parachutists.
The suport staff include radio operators, diesel mechanics, cooks, electricians, builders, medical officers, tractor mechanics, mountaineers, general assistants.
With delay, as any mountaineer knows, come darkness and danger.
