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markc
Jun 29, 2010, 3:57 PM
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billl7 wrote: Tipton wrote: I'm not wishing ill on any of the parties involved, just surprised at the frequency of accidents this poor guy is involved in. Most people aren't involved in a single rescue in their climbing career and he's at 2, possibly 3. There's quite a range in what one might call a "career" ... the guy who climbs all his life but only follows someone else one weekend a month ... the gal who climbs everyone weekend for five years and moves onto something else ... the guy who got layed off two years ago when the US economy took a dump and has quadrupled the amount of climbing since then compared to the previous four years.
Not for nothing, but I'd guess this is the Bill Wright who wrote the book on speed climbing (with Hans Florine). Bill is obviously aware of the risks, and making an informed choice to climb. As bill7 pointed out, climbing is different for each of us. It's up to us all to determine the degree of risk we're comfortable with. Before I judge others, I try to remember those moments in my own (very humble) climbing career when things could have gone bad. I question anyone if they think they're immune to an accident.
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