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Accident at Mt Buffalo 17-Jul-2015 At 10:45:17 AM martym

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On 15/07/2015 simone wrote:
>On 14/07/2015 martym wrote:
>>club's case - the sheer number of activities to accident ratio says a
>Any death in this kind of acivity is one too many and ratios mean nothing
>to the bereaved.
>MUMC were just lucky somebody didn't die.

I know I'm probably replying to a troll, but I find th statement "any death is one too many" the climbing equivalent of calling "racism" or "think of the children!"
What climbing guidebook, gear label or outdoor club doesn't firmly state:
"You could die engaging in this activity"?

What would mean something to the bereaved? Any death of a young person is one too many.
Does that mean every time a young person nearly dies all activities of that nature should end?

>Fair enough not talking to media, but for the community involved in these
>kind of activities the synopsis of what happened should be available to
>learn from, like they publish in the Accidents In North America Alpine
>Journal if there is an Australian equivalent?
You are reading it.