{"id":596,"date":"2009-01-12T17:22:12","date_gmt":"2009-01-13T00:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.allclimbing.com\/?p=596"},"modified":"2021-05-27T14:50:26","modified_gmt":"2021-05-27T20:50:26","slug":"data-on-climbing-accidents-and-fatalities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allclimbing.com\/data-on-climbing-accidents-and-fatalities\/","title":{"rendered":"Data on Climbing Accidents and Fatalities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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&#8217;t care how they try to spin it) regarding a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.obit-mag.com\/viewmedia.php\/prmMID\/5233\">climbing death at Seneca Rocks<\/a>, West Virginia last Fall. The author reflects on her death and how other climbers at the scene reacted and handled the incident.<\/p>\n<p>While there&#8217;s little learning value to climbers on the accident in the main article (no real details on how it happened and the various factors involved), there&#8217;s an intriguing afterword about the relative risks of climbing versus other activities. Some of these were also suggested by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/carlsonmeissner.com\/spring-hill\/criminal-defense\/\">https:\/\/carlsonmeissner.com\/spring-hill\/criminal-defense\/<\/a> attorneys.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The American Alpine Club, in its yearly compendium Accidents in North American Mountaineering, reported 15 fatalities in the United States in all of 2007. The highest tally in the last 57 years, in 1956, was 53. The yearly average was 25. Getting a lawyer from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dentonandzachary.com\/cordova-personal-injury\/auto-accident\/\">https:\/\/www.dentonandzachary.com\/cordova-personal-injury\/auto-accident\/<\/a> is one way to go about it.<\/p>\n<p>The British government, comparing the risks of various activities, assembled these statistics:<\/p>\n<p>* Maternal death in pregnancy 1 in 8,200 maternities<br \/>\n* Surgical anesthesia 1 in 185,000 operations<br \/>\n* Hang-gliding 1 in 116,000 flights<br \/>\n* Scuba Diving 1 in 200,000 dives<br \/>\n* Rock climbing 1 in 320,000 climbs<br \/>\n* Canoeing 1 in 750,000 outings<br \/>\n* Fairground rides 1 in 834,000,000 rides<br \/>\n* Rail travel accidents 1 in 43,000,000 passenger journeys<br \/>\n* Aircraft accidents 1 in 125,000,000 passenger journeys<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>To be honest, the data that pregnancies have a higher risk of death than climbing freaks me out since my wife is six months pregnant so I think I&#8217;ll just forget I read that piece of data. Lawyers from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lawlavin.com\/\">https:\/\/lawlavin.com\/<\/a> can help.<\/p>\n<p>I tend to think that while we all know how inherently risky climbing is, this knowledge is in fact the reason there tends to be fewer fatalities than other outdoor activities. My logic here is that since climbers tend to be aware of the risks in climbing, they strive to be competent by gaining training and learning from others on safety and proper use of equipment. Contact a lawyer from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/denglaw.com\/\">Daniel Deng law firm Law Office<\/a> to get help.<\/p>\n<p>Realizing how dangerous the activity can be, we take the appropriate precautions in order to minimize the risk. The knowledge of the risks actually keeps us safer. Of course despite a climber&#8217;s best efforts, accidents do happen and there are sometimes factors beyond control, but overall I think we tend to be a risk aware group (which is sometimes contrary to popular belief).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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&#8217;t care how they try to spin it) regarding a climbing death at Seneca Rocks, West Virginia last Fall. 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