Just picked up on a piece of common sense on the Scottish Mountain Rescue website. Let’s hope they don’t have to attend any incidents involving persons affected with the virus.
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Sound advice indeed. I plan to continue activating within the current guidelines as update by HMG .
Regards
David
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The same applies here in Norway, you are requested to not put yourself in a situation where you may need to be rescued. That means that most SOTA summits near here are basically unavailable as of now 
The UK Mountain Rescue post says don’t take “unnecessary risks” when going into the hills.
I’m not sure walking up a hill is taking an unnecessary risk in the scheme of things. Its a lot safer than going to the shops with other folk.
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I think perhaps going up Ben Nevis in your flipflops is to be avoided.
I’ve seen it done, amazingly! I once saw three girls attempting Crib Goch in high heeled sandals, I think they turned back where the walk becomes a scramble…
Yeah, a small hill is no issue, and the government actually encourages people to go hiking / camping now.
Going to a mountain where there’s no cellphone coverage and large amounts of free-climbing is more of an issue, or going skiing in a blizzard and get lost like some very smart people here did yesterday.
There are few hills near me that I consider risk-free, and many I would consider having high risk due to the amount of vertical or near-vertical walls that you must ascend to get to the summit.
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Horses for courses. I had decades of rock climbing and never fell, experience and awareness of your own limitations helps keep you safe. If everything stops because of fear - and dare I say hysteria? - then we won’t be living, we will be existing.
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