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Psychology of Risk Assessment 26-Nov-2012 At 3:01:30 PM julian.A
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Classic non-event feedback from a Canyoner.
When I used to guide, we would regulary take a bit of old rope to back-up a dead tree abseil anchor, in a very popular canyon. Most times the back-up would be gone. One day i got there to find this guy (beard, stripped thermals ) removing the back-up and asked him why he was removing it.
"Look, I've been doing this canyon for 20 years, and that tree hasn't failed once". How could I argue with that logic ?
So I let him remove the back-up, and explained that the tree had been dead for the past 5 years, and now moved - as he went over the edge. Then I got the replacement back-up from my pack and retied it.

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