[avgcorrection]

One of his videos had some don’t try this yourself disclaimer (it was a particular straight line video where they faced a lot of challenges), which confused me. Is he really some kind of professional (at something outdoorsey)? Because that’s what that kind of a disclaimer seems to imply, or the way I tend to interpret it.

[anamexis]

He got into some hot water with the police at one point for crossing an active railway. Adding the disclaimer may have been part of his informal "plea deal," so to speak.

[2b3a51]

Trespass on the railway is a crime in the UK and attracts a significant fine. It is also dangerous especially in the middle of the green belt as train speeds increase (up to 100+mph on a track with gentle curves and trees both sides limiting forward visibility for driver). Suburban commuter tracks sometimes have third/fourth rail traction current (e.g. London Underground network which has extensive overground sections, Merseyrail). 630v/750v not to be trifled with. Most UK people know this and rail fences are well maintained.

Writers such as Iain Sinclair and similar who do performative walks actually build the detours round obstacles into the report of the walk as a kind of comment on land use. Entertaining and prudent.

As others have said, medical bills not an issue for UK people. Civil cases of the kind mentioned in this sub-thread don't seem to occur.

[kzrdude]

He's crossing a lot of people's fields and some gardens and jumping railway tracks. He probably cuts a lot of the sensitive stuff out more by now. I think his thing with this will be untenable or maybe even is as he gets more famous, it's just a legal boundary-line issue that doesn't work if it gets attention.

[isbvhodnvemrwvn]

If you look at similar videos, there's a number of people who try to mimic what he does. Often kids, and with much less preparation than he does.

[reificator]

If he gets hurt in these videos he'll accrue some medical bills.

If some number of kids watch his videos and get hurt mimicking them, he'll accrue a bunch of lawsuits to cover their medical bills.

Putting the disclaimer implies nothing but a well-founded fear of frivolous lawsuits.

[avgcorrection]

UK law says that he’s liable for that?

Now he did put a disclaimer on one of his videos. But in many other videos he’s been talking about this kind of mission as if it might be something that the viewer might wanna do herself. “If you’re planning a straight-line mission…” Stuff like that. So he might not have been encouraging it, but he has been talking as if his videos might inspire the viewer to do them themselves.