Iain Farrell

“There are risks associated with lone guiding when coasteering, including the risks of the guide becoming incapacitated and/or a participant becoming incapacitated and requiring the attention of the sole guide, leaving the remainder of the group without support”

“A second guide on this coasteering experience may have been able to assist with the following: raising the alarm sooner; assisting and supporting the remaining coasteering participants, which included four children, who were in the water in increasingly challenging conditions for nearly two hours before being rescued by the RNLI All Weather Lifeboat”

“The VHF radio, the sole means of communication and raising the alarm, was in rescue bag on the shore, in a central location. A VHF radio carried by the guide or within immediate reach would have enabled the raising of the alarm with no delay”

“There was no assessment of swimming ability or water confidence during the booking process for coasteering, which may have given an indication to Mr [name redacted] about the full nature of the experience, nor was he asked about his physical fitness”