majid_sabet wrote:
cchas wrote:
I've seen numbers as high as 30-50 accidents a year, but I need to confirm this. A few high profile climbers have been hurt (most notably Dick Williams while taking wingers during a photo-shoot, but the statistics I've seen are a vast majority of the injuries are on the 5.4 to 5.8 climbs that are G/PG.
Please correct me if I am wrong but I am guessing;
most of these accidents were
1-Majority of them were gym climbers who wanted to try trad
2- During lead or it was caused by a leader fall.
3- Climbers had less than 2 years of outdoor climbing experience (5.8 or less)
4- Most accidents were involved with multiple protection failures
5- Inexperienced belayer
I am very interested to know if #1 and #3 are accurate.