stomper wrote:These so called novices who go up mountains when the weather is bad well for me they are asking for trouble and its usually them who end up getting rescued. For me if the weather is bad (evern after an 8hr drive) i don't bother contemplating going up. What do you get from going up mountains when weather is bad Do you see anything, Do you enjoy it, the answer for me is a definate NO NO. Its just a tick in the book and to say that you have done it whooo hooo. I like to go up when the weather is clear and if it rains halfway through so be it.
Define bad weather
If the wind speed is above 40mph base (gusts 60) or there's white-out forecast I'll think twice. Electricity in the air and I'm in the pub
Do you see anything? Almost always actually - wildlife, plants are still there. The odd break in the weather. A different feel for the hill.
Do you enjoy it? the answer for us is a definite YES YES.
Just a tick in a book? No - that's a gross generalisation and an attempt to portray all walkers out in weather you dislike as mad baggers.
In truth I suspect novices are more easily put off by bad weather than the more experienced but I take your point about long drives tempting some out in adverse conditions.