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1 x belay for Indoor / outdoor - (non vcc thread) 16-Feb-2010 At 4:21:45 PM rockranga

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>haha good point.
>I'm just pointing out it seems a just as stupid argument if people complain
>about wearing helmets.

totally agree, you can't get hurt wearing one, and even the cheap ones site nice and comfortably so i can't see any reason not to wear them.

Having said that, if the individual feels their too cool to wear a helmat then by all means they're welcome to take it off. Personally i think there's two good reasons why they should do what they want

1. They can't climb if they crack their head open, more free climbs for the rest of us... wicked cool fully sick mate
2. Brain damage looks waaaaayyyy cooler than a helmat

Paul brings up 6 very good points and if you researched all the accidents that have happened over the years you'd find another 50 reasons to wear a helmat even on top of a crag. Not saying it's a 'be all and end' all rule but it can't hurt. Certainly we're all guilty of taking our helmats off at inappropriate times (and doing all sorts of stupid things at one time or another), but i'd hate to be a trip leader who took a noob out and did everything right only to have the spaz drop his helmat on a passer by, or trips and land badly, or have any other number of strange but entirely possible scenarios happen.