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Wearing helmets 18-Nov-2005 At 1:53:04 PM wombly

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The problem with the individual choice argument is that your choices aren't choices you make soley for yourself. They impact on other people at the crag who have to watch your brains dribble out of your skull when they get pounded. They also impact your relatives and the people who might have to look after you if you turn yourself into a vegetable. Yet again they impact the climbing community, especially newbies, as other people are influenced by your choice to wear or not wear one and follow the lead of what they see around them. I'm not saying that everyone should be forced to wear one, or that they should off their own bat always wear a helmet (i do most of the time, but not always), just that when you make that choice you may need to think beyond your own perspective...