Your permission to attend must be confirmed in writing by the expedition leader before the expo starts. +
Your permission to attend must be explicitly confirmed in writing by the expedition leader before the expo starts.
We have to know when you are arriving and when you are leaving so that we can ensure we don't have too many or too few people at any one time for (a) the food we buy in advance, (b) the transport up and down the mountain, (c) rigging top camp, cairned routes and caves at the beginning of expo, @@ -48,11 +48,8 @@ unexplored caves, helicopter rescue, repatriation to the UK, adequate reimbursement of costs incurred in coping with accident (clothing cut off a broken leg, for example). The policy option you need (in 2018 - check for the current year!) for Snowcard is "Max Adventure" -which covered "original cave exploration in an area which has "organised local cave rescue". This does not seem to be available in 2019. The BCA also has cave rescue insurance (which covers many other non-caving activities) for similar rates as Snowcard. -
Snowcard insurance is not available for people who are not "normally resident" in the UK. -
It is very difficult to find out whether any insurance policy actually covers expedition caving or not. -Some have complete -exclusions for, say "potholing and climbing which normally requires guides or ropes", some are less explicit. +which covered "original cave exploration in an area which has "organised local cave rescue". This does not seem to be available in 2019. +Snowcard insurance is not available for people who are not "normally resident" in the UK. The BCA also has cave rescue insurance (which covers many other non-caving activities) for similar rates as Snowcard. It is very difficult to find out whether other, general travel insurance policies actually covers expedition caving. Some have complete exclusions for, say "potholing and climbing which normally requires guides or ropes", some are less explicit.