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1 x belay for Indoor / outdoor - (non vcc thread) |
16-Feb-2010 At 5:07:47 PM |
Paul
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On 16/02/2010 rockranga wrote:
>>haha good point.
>>I'm just pointing out it seems a just as stupid argument if people complain
>>about wearing helmets.
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>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.
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>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
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>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.
I got hit in the head by a helmet which got dropped from the top of Werriby Gourge once, luckily I was wearing a helmet, it still felt like a decent impact though. |
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