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Helmets are now compulsory 21-Jan-2004 At 10:27:02 AM nurse

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I read chockstone with my boyfriend, climbing is his thing, not mine. I am refered to as his belay bunny. Any way regarding head gear.

I am a nurse and looked after a climber who had taken a fall at Araps and he didnot have a helmet on. You may remember the accident. This lovely person died due to the horrific injurys he substained in the fall. I watched his brain ozze out of his ears and I watched his family greive and I watched a life slip away. On all accounts, if he had a helmet on he would have had one major headache , he would have substained concussion and that would have been it.
My boyfriend always wears head gear. I ask you, do you drive without a seat belt, do you ride a motor bike with out a helmet.

From what I have seen of helmets these days they are pretty lite and have plenty of air vents.

Then again, I guess some of you just want to do your thing and buck the system, I think if you do not wear a helmet you are being totally irresponsible.
I think you need to grow up, think of how your family would cope standing at your bedside watching you on a ventilator, having to make the decission of having to turn the switch off and never seeing you again.

If the rules say wear one, then waer one, of be selfish and dont.

Or may be visit a head injury unit where peole have head injurys and see if you think you would like to live their life.

No doubt some of you will bitch about my comments, it seems to be the rule, but I saw the life slip away and he would still be here today if he had a helmet on.

anne