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Alice Springs bridge swing fatality - Sat 13th Nov 17-Nov-2010 At 11:29:48 AM goshen
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I got a call from a NT News reporter (me, because I maintain the website http://www.redcentrerock.info, and she looked up Climbing in Alice Springs...)!

Anyway, I declined to be interviewed on the radio, because I didn't want to lend credibility to the idea that bridge swinging (especially in this case) is linked to climbing/climbers.

Bridge swinging can be fun, but (we know) it is extremely risky and hugely dependent on having the correct equipment and setup (something only riggers and climbers can probably do correctly); or you can just get lucky for a while...

It's only got slightly more complicated by the report that the family/friends involved have announced that they plan on doing a 'commemorative' swing in his honour. I guess making a statement that what they were doing wasn't 'stupid', and is 'normally quite safe'. http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/2010/11/17/194601_ntnews.html

I guess that doesn't need much of a comment either.

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