Comments on: Data on Climbing Accidents and Fatalities

By: Ronan ONeill

Ronan ONeill — Wed, 08 Nov 2017 20:26:00 +0000

Hi everyone, any idea if I could get a website link to the figures surrounding different risks of activities, published by the British government?

By: Imuli

Imuli — Fri, 23 Oct 2015 05:20:00 +0000

By that data, if you climbed one climb a week you have about the same chance of death as a pregnancy.

(319999/320000)^39 ≈ 8204/8205

Note that you don’t add up the chance of death, you multiply the chances of life.

By: Commie Dearest

Commie Dearest — Sun, 11 Jan 2015 07:45:00 +0000

If the rock-climbing stat is based on every climb, no matter how small, it is pretty misleading. Climbing Taylor’s Falls on the St. Croix poses a different risk than climbing the Nose of El Capitan.

By: Max Roberts

Max Roberts — Thu, 28 Aug 2014 01:34:00 +0000

Some categories lend themselves to reliable records.

But, how are all events compiled and totalled for these:

Hang gliding
Scuba diving
Rock climbing
Canoeing
Fairground rides.

And what are the numbers for free solo climbing?

By: InsureYes: Extreme Sports and Insurance

InsureYes: Extreme Sports and Insurance — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 00:16:51 +0000

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By: EmailTray

EmailTray — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 14:13:45 +0000

Toni Kurz. He actually said “Ich kann nicht mehr” and his death in 1936 is expressed in a recent German film called the North Face.

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Extreme Sports Journalist Dies... Should I Feel Sympathy? — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 03:47:51 +0000

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By: douglas mclellan

douglas mclellan — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 22:21:11 +0000

question please:

which climber (german?) died dangling at the end of a rope some 30 metres up from his rescuers when a knot prevented him from passing the rope thro’ his harness? his last words were “i’m finished”

thanks,

doug.

By: Top Posts on All Climbing from Jan 2009 â?? All Climbing

Top Posts on All Climbing from Jan 2009 â?? All Climbing — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 07:01:35 +0000

[…] Data on Climbing Accidents and Fatalities Posted on Monday, January 12th, 2009 in Accidents From what I consider to be a somewhat morbid website, I was forwarded a link from Obit Magazine (yes, a website all about people dying, I don’t care how they try to spin it) regarding a climbing death at Seneca Rocks, West Virginia last Fall. The author reflects on her death and how other climbers at the scene reacted and handled the incident. […]

By: Melissa

Melissa — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 01:13:29 +0000

The original website to post those stats doesn’t mention the US statistics, so I’m guessing they only use UK based stats.

http://www.hse.gov.uk/education/statistics.htm