Hi all, I'd like to provide a perspective from a newbie to 4wding. I've been on a few trips since joining and have not been disappointed at all. I was looking for a club to join when I came across this site and knew that it was the one ......
Rick ,great to hear the thoughts of a newbie to both 4wding and this site. As Gazza said, no one wants a complicated system and Andrew's (Whipit) comments were constructive. Alex, I tend to agee with Winston's thoughts re; 'extreme' rating but totally understand where you are coming from. Maybe just have an extreme rating for private trips to the likes of Ellis Tk, Cobaw & Mt Cole etc.
Maybe I am wrong...again...
, but judging from some of the comments posted that seem to agree with me, it is the 'easy or easy/medium' ratings that is the issue, or more importantly how they are interperated. Whilst the 4wdVic rating system does have flaws, at least the 'easy' & 'medium' ratings are easy to understand and generally do not cause confusion.
Again as others have said, maybe everyone who leads a trip should really look at all the potential issues that could come into play before they rate a trip 'easy'.