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oldsalt
Feb 3, 2004, 1:24 PM
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I wear my helmet. My training as a SCUBA instructor enforced in my mind the idea of following safety procedures. I wear a helmet when I skateboard at Kona Park - even the shredders do, with or without pads. My first outdoor climb was Lowers at Mt. Yonah and ice falls from the warming main face passed by us several times during the time we were there. Style and cojones might influence me, but the only magazine covers I'll ever make would be for AARP or the Atkins Diet.
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duckwalk
Feb 3, 2004, 2:32 PM
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I wear my helmet about 90% of the time. Its been hit by golfball sized stuff a couple of times. Its hard to wear one when you see people who are much better than you not wearing one, but then you can snicker and think about how you'll be better than all of them because you might be around longer to climb.
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keinangst
Feb 3, 2004, 2:46 PM
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In reply to: All the tards do. :lol: You spelled "trads" wrong :wink: I wear a helmet. But just to keep the sport interesting, I tie in with a double bowline around my neck.
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dontfall
Feb 3, 2004, 3:06 PM
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In reply to: In reply to: I know it's kinda dumb, but I just wanna know roughly how many people make it a strict point to wear a helmet when climbing outdoors. Many people don't too. I don't already wanna waste more money by gettin a helmet, but if it's absolutely necessary, i might as well. any advice ? Nothing in climbing is absolutely necessary. what about being safe? I bought a helmet on ebay for 35 bucks. I have one but will only wear it when needed.
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blueeyedclimber
Feb 3, 2004, 3:09 PM
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Do you wear a seatbelt? You would probably be all right if you didn't, but the consequences for not wearing it if you need it are a little too great. That said: Always when climbing Trad, usually when climbing sport, never when toproping unless area known for loose rock. Short advise: Buy it and wear it.
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crazygirl
Feb 3, 2004, 3:10 PM
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When i told someone that I wear a helmet when i snowboard, they asked, why, do you fall on your head a lot Ha ha. How many times do you have to fall on your head to wear one?
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calamity_chk
Feb 3, 2004, 3:45 PM
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a friend used to tell me faces-of-death style anecdotes utnil i started wearing mine. now i cant hardly lead without it.
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hema
Feb 3, 2004, 3:49 PM
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I always wear my helmet when Trad and ice climbing. Depends on the situation whether I wear a helmet while doing single-pitch sport (about half the time I do wear a helmet).
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scubasnyder
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I dont for some stuff, only on long multipitch
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lstockett
Feb 3, 2004, 4:02 PM
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In reply to: I know it's kinda dumb, but I just wanna know roughly how many people make it a strict point to wear a helmet when climbing outdoors. Many people don't too. I don't already wanna waste more money by gettin a helmet, but if it's absolutely necessary, i might as well. any advice ? Your question certainly wasn't dumb. I don't always wear mine if there's absolutely no danger of rockfall and I'm not climbing near my limit. I probably should though. You never know when some idiot is going to fling a rock off the top of a cliff just to watch it fall. They are definitely NOT a waste of money. There aren't too many good reasons not to wear one. They don't weigh that much. You can find comfortable, relatively inexpensive models easily enough, and they can save your life. Getting killed by something as stupid as a falling Nalgene bottle would be just plain embarrassing.
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phyreman
Feb 3, 2004, 4:03 PM
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I always wear mine while trad climbing. I've never been hit in the head by something falling or hit my head when falling, but it's such an easy thing to do for a big payoff if something happens. I might not wear one on a clean sport route, but I've never climbed sport so I don't really know... I even wear it when I'm bouldering alone. Yes, if somebody hiked back there and saw me cranking on a V1 with my brain bucket on I'd feel like a tool, but if I hit my head while falling (yes, I fall off V1's sometimes) I'd feel even worse when I woke up. As long as someone else is back there though I go without.. it's just the thought of lying there for days with a skull fracture... :)
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rockhound71
Feb 3, 2004, 5:35 PM
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I always wear one now, after a near miss. A friend and I were at Tieton River, WA on a rainy day scoping things out, walking at the base of the cliff. No one else was around; we were the only ones (dumb/crazy?) enough to think about climbing in the rain. As we were walking, I heard this high pitched whine from above and looked up. A rock about the size of a baseball was flying directly toward me! I leaped out of the way; the rock hitting the ground a few feet away from me. Whoa! I took that as a sign from the Climbing Gods saying, "Hey stupid, what you doing out here in the rain? And where the hell is your helmet?!" It may not look cool, but it's a hell of a lot better than getting your head caved in!!! Casey
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rory
Feb 3, 2004, 5:38 PM
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I usually wear a helmet if I'm in an area that has lots of loose rock high up, and i always wear one in the winter and spring, but for most of the summer and fall I usually don't.
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cologman
Feb 3, 2004, 5:40 PM
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I always wear one trad, frequently but not always sport. I've been hit before by rock fall and I don't want to take it on the head without one. Now days I even wear one skiing. :lol:
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timstich
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In reply to: a friend used to tell me faces-of-death style anecdotes utnil i started wearing mine. now i cant hardly lead without it. I will wear my helmet climbing trad and sometimes not when sport climbing. Then a friend of mine showed up with a newly painted, light helmet for sport climbing. I think I might go out and get a lighter one for sport as well. But I like my Edelrid bucket for trad.
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madmax
Feb 3, 2004, 5:57 PM
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All I know is if you're doing the Lightning Bolt Cracks on the N. Sixshooter, you'd better take your helmet off for the final squeeze chimney. If you're wearing one, you won't be able to turn your head around to see key little nubbins.
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keazah
Feb 3, 2004, 5:59 PM
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I haven't got one yet... but I have been wanting to buy it only that... there's no money!! :?
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coylec
Feb 3, 2004, 6:14 PM
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I've said it before, I say it again: I wear a helmet whenever I am climbing or belaying. Doesn't matter the season, the type of climbing (bouldering included), doesn't even have to be outside -- I wear a helmet in the gym. No one is embarassed by tape on their fingers ... its to protect your fingers. No one is embarassed by shoes on their feet ... its to protect your feet. No one should be embarassed by a helmet on their head ... its to protect your head (and that big mushy grey thing that we occaissionally use ... the brain!). however, judging by the stupidity i've seen on the rocks lately, its obvious that this idiots aren't using their brains ... maybe you really don't need it. coylec
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vincent_lopez
Feb 4, 2004, 1:25 AM
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i usually only wear a helmet when i'm bangin' chics. Some chics don't really like to get banged and they start hitting you and causing all sorts of problems and that helmet gives me the head protection i need to deflect their objective blows. as far as climbing goes i only wear a helmet if i can fit at least 14 climbing related stickers on it.
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curt
Feb 4, 2004, 3:22 AM
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In reply to: ... most of the deaths in climbing could have been prevented if he person was wearing a helmut Please provide some credible data to support this statement. I know you won't because it it totally false. Curt
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dirtineye
Feb 4, 2004, 3:27 AM
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In reply to: In reply to: ... most of the deaths in climbing could have been prevented if he person was wearing a helmut Please provide some credible data to support this statement. I know you won't because it it totally false. Curt If you change that statement of hers to, "...most serioius head injuries could have been prevented if he person was wearing a helmet.", then she probably has a point. Seems like rescue people are often heard saying that a helmet would have prevented a serious head injury. Of course, if yo udrink enough scotch, that will prevent most head injuries too, as long as yo udon;t fall out of your chair. Maybe we should wear a helmet while drinking heavily, just in case??
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muncher
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Exacly Curt. Helmets will do fu#$ all when you hit the deck from anything remotely high, they also don't do much for side impacts when you could smack your head against the rock in a fall. The main thing they are good for is protecting yourself from small falling objects. That alone is usually enough reason to wear one, however I have to say that I have never worn a helmet while climbing. Right or wrong I am still here now, I might get one soon for climbing long routes where there is some loose rock though. Helmets certainly don't make you invincible, they add a certain amount of protection but the best option is to learn how to avoid situations where you may need one.
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razor
Feb 4, 2004, 4:28 AM
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i guess it depends on what you plan on doing, but me personally i plan on wearing a helment on anything more then one pitch or where ever there may be loose rock just cause you never no what happens, and i will wear one on my more serious leads......
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rokshoxbkr19
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This is in response to your post about helmets. I didn't bother to read what people said because it doesn't matter. There is only one truth: YOU SHOULD ALWAYS WEAR A HELMET!!! It isn't a waste of money, anything that can save your life and has saved hundreds and thousands of lives is not a waste of money. I will give you money for helmet if you can't afford one. Helmets are as necessary as a harness or a rope. People just don't get them because you don't actually NEED one to be able to climb, but you need one to fall, and falling will happen. You don't need a rope either until you fall, but people get one. Please get a helmet. I had an accident a while ago, it could have been prevented with a helmet. You and your friends and family will wish you had gotten one if you hurt yourself because you didn't get one. Please heed this warning. Thanks
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hello_heino
Feb 4, 2004, 4:34 AM
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Heino is truly puzzled at why this topic is so polarizing. Has there been a law passed that he has not been made aware? The smaller the stakes, the more petty the antics. If ever the site comes with a soundtrack, Everybody Wants to Save the World, by Tears for Fears, would fit into this thread seemlessly.
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