Is a volunteer leader in a climbing club, like in this instance, really acting as a guide? I wonder if the "experienced" climber was just some young uni student, not much different from anyone else. I realise that in these instances, the injured party is going to go for $$ where-ever they can as lost earnings and the cost of life-time care pretty much necessitates it, but it always seems a bad omen for adventure sports like climbing. |