AIBU to think booing the exhausted charity climbers was unfair?

Thanks, I haven't checked this specific mountain.

I just know that it works like this at many places, queues are for selfies, if you don't need one, you just go and have a quick look.

If what they did was unsafe, then they are obviously wrong.

You say “bagging trigs “. I’d say they were walking up Snowdon. 🤷🏻‍♀️

If the trig point is at the highest point and you haven’t gone up to it then you haven’t been to the top and can’t say you’ve walked up x mountain. 🤷🏻‍♀️. Some people might be happy with saying they nearly got to the top, just didn’t do the last ten foot but most people want to finish it properly.

and yet thats exactly what they were doing.

trig points have been around since the 1936 and OH really? bronze or iron age cairns are older than trigs? you clearly dont know as much about what your talking about as you think you do,

I SAID any mountain, if fact any named hill that has a trig - i didt say they all do,

I'm sorry, but 'bagging trigs ' rather than just reaching the top of the hill is just as laughable as queuing to take selfies.

Not all mountains have trig points on them.

What about munros? What about Wainwrights? They certainly don't all have trig points on them. Not all trig points are at the highest points either.

Trig points are also younger than the 'tradition' of hill walking in this country. Cairns are arguably more traditional than trig points.

you cant just Squeese in, there is a narrow staircase up the cairn, with no barriers over the side, if you try to squeese up you could topple someone over the top, if thats what they did im not surprised they got a mouthful

I've always thought that queues are for taking selfies. And that the selfie makers should alternate with people who just want to have a quick look/touch, don't need the place for themselves and are done in seconds.

Which means, if they want to take a photo of just themselves, they should queue. If they want touch and go, they can squeeze between two selfie makers, no harm done.

I very much doubt they were they only 2 people up there for charity.

Charity isn't an excuse.

and yet after climbing the mountain (walking up the path) they felt the need to piss off the other 100+ people that had done the exact same thing by pushing in, again, you go UP the steps to the top of the cairn and touch the trig to "bag the trig"

When hiking mountains, it is tradition to touch the trig point, any mountain, if fact any named hill that has a trig, there are books and apps that you can tick off your peaks. lol

Is it tradition? Where does it say you have to touch the top of the trig point to do the Three Peaks? Summiting a mountain is not the same thing as touching the top of a trig point. Particuarly on Snowdon where the trig has been put ontop of a cairn.

And the trig point IS NOT THE MOUNTAIN. By definition if you get to the bottom of the steps you are already at the top of the mountain. The queue is to get to the top of the trig and take a picture.

Too right I haven't been up there. I prefer hills with no railways and rural slums at the top with queues of people.

you queue to go UP a high set of steps to touch the marker at the top. no one has to but its tradition that you touch the highest point, there is no way they have done 3 peaks without touching the TOP of the trig point

EXACTLY the only way this is an issue is if they have gone UP the steps to touch the top. Im well aware what it looks like ive been up there.

Queuing on a hill, world’s gone mad!

The only criticism I would have is for choosing a school holiday week, assuming they are not teachers or education support staff.

There was almost no queue at the summit when I went up Yr Wyddfa in mid June a few years ago.

No you don't. You can just go up the cairn/rocks the trig is set on top of. As people have said, the trig is approachable from 360 degrees.

they had a go pro live feed.

it wasnt a stop, pose, no one else can be in the immediate vicinity shot, oh get the view right, take it again, move, oh no you got my bad side, your eyes were shut, take it again. Oh Dave you're such a dick, take it from this side, get my good side.

TOTALLY different scenario. Not irrelevant. And no, a queue on a mountain for those wanting an insta shot is ridiculous.

what absolute rubbish, if you want to tap the marker you have to go up the steps, if you want to go up the steps you have to queue

I dont suppose youve ever been up there or you would know its not JUST a queue, its a narrow set of steps to the top, if you touch it or if you take a selfie its no different.

The QUEUE isnt just to take a selfie its a very narrow set of steps to the top of the trig and the same down the other side, it is 1 person wide, you have no choice but to queue if your having a selfie or just touching the top, if you just barge past they could easily have unbalanced someone off the steps. And then to complain to the papers about is is Peek CFerry

I don't suppose people doing it for charity would wait in a queue for an hour to take a selfie. More likely half the queue had taken the train up for their selfie opportunity.

Primark allows disabled people to go to the end till and get instantly served. If someone was powering a scooter/wheelchair and someone ran ahead, claiming disability, then you blame the shopper. Just like people who just use the disabled toilets because they can't be bothered walking a bit further, or waiting in the toilet queue.

However reading it, it should be ok to just touch the peak, while people are swapping for photos.