Page 9 | AIBU to think booing the exhausted charity climbers was unfair?

dottiedodah · 2026-05-29T09:15:41+00:00

2 charity climbers booed ,because they went before the queue to touch the top!Had already done the 3 peaks challenge and were exhausted .A man physically tried to stop them by putting his hand out! YABU they should have waited .YANBU they should not have been booed

ValenciaOrangeJawline · 30/05/2026 07:45

StandingDeskDisco · 29/05/2026 11:01

What fresh hell is this?

In years gone by, if you climbed a popular mountain there was sometimes a small crowd people at the top, drinking or eating sandwiches whilst sitting around the trig point or cairn, and if you wanted a photograph, they were in the background. Nobody would dream of queuing for photos or expecting other people to get out of the way.

Do you now have to stay away from the summit until it is your turn?

We are going on holiday to North Wales in a couple of weeks. I am now wondering if we should give Snowdon a miss?

Go early, before the hoardes, and if you’re an experienced hiker try one of the more challenging paths because the more popular ones can involve queuing at points on the way up too. Even so there will be a million train travellers there before you get there so it doesn’t feel like unspoiled beauty at any point! The positive is a flush toilet at the top…

I thoroughly recommend Cader Idris as an alternative. Beautiful.

ChalkOutlines · 30/05/2026 07:46

OvernightBloats · 30/05/2026 07:29

The charity duo are now on BBC Breakfast moaning about the response they received on the mountain. Poor lambs.

They love the attention for sure.

They’re definitely twats, but I suppose the publicity might help raise more money for their cause.

GetFit2026 · 30/05/2026 07:54

Missing the point of the thread, but since when has there been a queue at the top? I climbed it years ago and where was no such nonsense.

If the queue is all idiot skittles trying to get a perfect photo for social media, which Googling indicates it is, then I don't think they really did anything wrong. The queue is a choice not a rule.

I don't understand why two random men getting booed is a news story though? Slow news day.

APC303 · 30/05/2026 08:43

Queues on mountains did not exist a few years ago. They're utterly absurd. There's no way I'm going to queue to tap a summit just because 50 people are standing waiting to take photographs. Just run up the quiet side, tap and move on.

Thankfully, most hilltops aren't like that, just the 'must do' ones, but only a matter of time before there's an Asda's at the top of Waun Rydd and that hill becomes similarly afflicted.

I doubt many people who voted YABU spend much time on hills.

Fyi I LOVE a queue in other circumstances.

CurlyKoalie · 30/05/2026 10:01

The BBC coverage really annoyed me. It gave these young men a platform for their self centred and entitled views. Hardly unbiased reporting.
These young men steamed past people waving their phones - so they were videoing the trig rather than taking a photo. A trivial difference. No wonder it annoyed the people who were queuing to do exactly the same thing. No wonder they got booed.
They showed a total lack of empathy for anyone else. I bet that queue contained other charity walkers or physically challenged people waiting to record their " personal best"
Queues on a mountain are not ideal, but that's what happens when a lot of people accumulate in a small space to do the same thing like touching a small trig stone. If that ritual is important to you, show good manners and join the queue, if not, take your souvenir photos elsewhere on the mountain.

ChalkOutlines · 30/05/2026 10:13

CurlyKoalie · 30/05/2026 10:01

The BBC coverage really annoyed me. It gave these young men a platform for their self centred and entitled views. Hardly unbiased reporting.
These young men steamed past people waving their phones - so they were videoing the trig rather than taking a photo. A trivial difference. No wonder it annoyed the people who were queuing to do exactly the same thing. No wonder they got booed.
They showed a total lack of empathy for anyone else. I bet that queue contained other charity walkers or physically challenged people waiting to record their " personal best"
Queues on a mountain are not ideal, but that's what happens when a lot of people accumulate in a small space to do the same thing like touching a small trig stone. If that ritual is important to you, show good manners and join the queue, if not, take your souvenir photos elsewhere on the mountain.

You do not have to queue unless you want a selfie/pic.

Quokkas · 30/05/2026 10:32

OvernightBloats · 30/05/2026 07:29

The charity duo are now on BBC Breakfast moaning about the response they received on the mountain. Poor lambs.

They love the attention for sure.

Oh god - give me strength.

CurlyKoalie · 30/05/2026 11:21

ChalkOutlines · 30/05/2026 10:13

You do not have to queue unless you want a selfie/pic.

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There are no " official rules" about what anyone should do at the summit. However, when lots of people want to do the same thing , like photo or video themselves at the trig, as an evolution of good manners , a queue usually forms. These young men wanted a video of themselves at the trig
They were videoing as they barged through those already waiting. So rude and inconsiderate of the people around them. IMO the people who booed did right. Social disapproval is a powerful way of reminding people what sort of manners we should be showing in public when there are no " authorities" to impose order.

ChalkOutlines · 30/05/2026 11:37

CurlyKoalie · 30/05/2026 11:21

There are no " official rules" about what anyone should do at the summit. However, when lots of people want to do the same thing , like photo or video themselves at the trig, as an evolution of good manners , a queue usually forms. These young men wanted a video of themselves at the trig
They were videoing as they barged through those already waiting. So rude and inconsiderate of the people around them. IMO the people who booed did right. Social disapproval is a powerful way of reminding people what sort of manners we should be showing in public when there are no " authorities" to impose order.

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They didn’t barge through anyone. They went up a different way, bypassing the queue. Just like you might take a side road , instead of waiting in traffic to get to the same end point.

BarbBarbbarb · 30/05/2026 11:39

Evilkineavel · 29/05/2026 10:17

There’s a queue. They should have waited.

A queue of people wanting to take bloody selfies! It’s a mountain, they just walked up a different bit - fair play to them!
I did similar at the top of a monument - just wanted to get to the top and see the view and I wasn’t going to stand around behind 50 odd people wanting to take ‘the’ photo

BarbBarbbarb · 30/05/2026 11:41

GetFit2026 · 30/05/2026 07:54

Missing the point of the thread, but since when has there been a queue at the top? I climbed it years ago and where was no such nonsense.

If the queue is all idiot skittles trying to get a perfect photo for social media, which Googling indicates it is, then I don't think they really did anything wrong. The queue is a choice not a rule.

I don't understand why two random men getting booed is a news story though? Slow news day.

‘Idiot skittles’ 😅😅😅 love that.
people love to queue here, I always go to the top and check what I’m queuing for 1st!

NotAnotherScarf · 31/05/2026 16:52

CountryShepherd · 29/05/2026 12:42

I work in community fundraising for a charity which supports people with a disease for which there is no cure or even much treatment at the moment.

I can tell you categorically that the vast majority of people who fundraise for our charity are either terminally ill, have a terminally ill relative or friend or have lost someone close to them.

Many people fundraise for our charity as a way of coping with their own imminent mortality, dealing with grief and anticipatory grief, celebrating someone they have lost, and trying to find just a small piece of hope. For people who are diagnosed it's already too late so they do it in the hope that other families might not go through what they are going through.

So I don't recognise the trope that it's just 'all about them and their ego'. No doubt there are some but please don't apply that to everyone who fundraises. It's really unfair.

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Sorry but the people who fundraising here are definitely having a good time. There are no sponsored diets, but trips to interesting places to do unusual things.

I don't doubt you and those you are working with are doing a brilliant job in difficult situations. But ask yourself why are there over 30,000 cancer charities in the UK. If only one percent are paying a ceos wages, that's 300 people being paid to do the same job...