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Why climbing is safe. 20-Feb-2012 At 9:37:00 PM jrc

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You think biking is bad! You should try gardening it is MUCH worse: Once I was filling in time while waiting for my partner to finish work so we could drive to the Wolgan. Helping wife garden. As I was moving some plant i slipped on a mossy bit and slipped down a rocky bank on my back,. Result 4 cracked & minor breaks to those transverse processes. Didn't go to the Wolgan. It got better after a few weeks, though.

Biking i have fallen off and grazed a knee once; bent a finger some other time. Then again i don't generally do jumps.

Climbing: been cut in head by iceaxe, calf by crampon (I only did that once) ripped off fingertips in a fall (which only stopped by dragging Law's thumb & jumper thru the belay krab- thanks Mike), jarred knee, jarred foot in another fall fortunately all had easy recoveries ...So they're all about the same probably.

I found one of those donut type cushions was incredibly helpful with the back injury and really sped up the recovery.