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Upside down 7-Jun-2007 At 2:59:27 PM Snowball

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On 7/06/2007 Sabu wrote:
>On 7/06/2007 Snowball wrote:
>>On 7/06/2007 patto wrote:
>>>Too many recent deaths have been from head injuries.
>>
Sabu, firstly look at the above statement, "recent deaths". I can only think of 2 deaths in the past 15 years in Victoria (not to beconfused with scambling in exposed areas) that were a direct result of head injurys. One of which was a result of an incident similar to what this thread is about. Generally falling 10 plus meters has catastrophic impact forces on the body regardless of whether a helmet is worn or not.

>Enough people have died from head injuries while climbing snowball,

Where is this evidence? If I were to speculate, as you are I, would say most deaths are caused buy multiple injurys with massive rapid blood loss due to shear injuries(major blood vessels detaching from organs eg aorta from heart).
>Heres one example of a helmet being useful (just for you):
Thankyou for doing that just for me, but what you have pointed out is damage from rockfall (which generally was the reason people, myself included, wore helmets up until a few years ago) not the result of being flipped upside down by the rope, which is what this thread is all about.
>but i reckon it would be save to assume that they do help lessen any damage.

I assume also.