Chockstone Forum

      Sponsored By
      ROCK
   HARDWARE

Chockstone Photography

Australian Landscape Prints

Chockstone Forum - Accidents & Injuries

Report Accidents and Injuries

Topic Date User

Accident on Loboff 5/3/2011 16-Mar-2011 At 9:26:14 AM Gavo

Message

Depends on the person I guess.

I suppose there is a certain level of uncontrollable risk, and then a point where people can be the most safe, full protective equipment, putting in gear every 10cm, not climbing above 1/3 their limit.. you know.. ridiculously so.

And then the safety level decreases/danger level increases as we move away from that and start putting in pro further apart, putting in less pro, climbing to our limit, not protecting ourselves as well (yes, Im talking about helmets) etc

Safety in things like climbing are relative terms me thinks. Motorcycle riding is similiar to a degree, because if the rider is a knob that does 250kph down the freeway dodging traffic, Id wager that he has a higher probability of injury or death. But motorcycles are more dangerous overall I should think because of other road users so that minimum safety level I spoke of earlier is set way lower. In my opinion at least.

Oh also, worth thinking about that there are far more motorcycle riders than climbers in this country so it stands to reason that they would appear overrepresented when comparing accidents. Just another thought.