Unfortunately we here in Austria are moving in a similar direction when it comes to outdoor activities to pupils/students.
While there are very strict rules for any class-wide outdoor happening like the annual hiking day down to the sad fact that most teachers/directors won't take the hassle any more to organize one, there are no limits to rent out the whole happening to a dediacted outdoor company, and that's where things seem to be going: Hand over the activity to a dedicated company, which has an insurance, and takes the money from the parents. Lots of money, btw.
And as I happen to know most staff of the local outdoor companies personally from my former climbing career I can state that they won't do any better that the teachers would, especially they won't care about most of the restrictions teachers would have to follow.
I wonder if there was some incident or injury that cost the school money precipitating this rationale and subsequent decision.
Bunch of lawyers sitting in a room somewhere.
It seems that folks have a short memory............but I would bet, that the Insurance Companies do not.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/24/u...niversity.html
they must've been in the widowmakers thread.
The Five Basic Principles of Going Lighter ~ Cam "Swami" Honan of OZ
Pretty sure Penn is still paying for the coaching staff's crimes, and will be for quite some time....
Let's head for the roundhouse; they can't corner us there!
Outing club is NOT disbanding. Update posted to
http://sites.psu.edu/outingclub/
[I]ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: ... Defile not therefore the land which ye shall inhabit....[/I]. Numbers 35
[url]www.MeetUp.com/NashvilleBackpacker[/url]
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"It's fun to have fun, but you have to know how." ---Dr. Seuss
I suppose it would be too much to expect for the club to just break ties with the university.
"It's fun to have fun, but you have to know how." ---Dr. Seuss