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Accident at Mt Buffalo 14-Jul-2015 At 11:12:20 PM martym

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I know nothing about MUMC, but based on my experience with a university club in Sydney, I agree with some of these comments - namely that there are waves of experience that sadly lead to less experienced people doing things they probably shouldn't. From Patto's description though, that doesn't seem to be the case here.

In my club's case - the sheer number of activities to accident ratio says a lot.
For MUMC, Two accidents in one year looks bad in a newspaper, but how many is that over 70 years?
Shame on theage for printing speculation from an anonymous informant.
If they aren't willing to identify themselves then it might as well be the journalist's own interpretation.

A wall of silence to the media is not necessarily a bad thing, since they clearly want to get the most dramatic quotes they can to create a story where there isn't really one

Sounds like a hard time for Melb Uni if they are now banning roped activity due to media pressure. I hope it all works out and the people involved recover and get back outdoors.