cheamclimber Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 Damn, poeple always tell me that I'm gonna get killed climbing but I rarely every get hurt climbing. Look at these crazy sons of b*&%ches killing themselves doing what most people consider a less 'dangerous' sport than climbing WHkPAZf8ki8 OhATK_vhMfA SeeFvmRi6xM&feature=related xXe4zO1DUu4&feature=related just a thought Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendershot Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 I was expecting to see commuter footage from Monday's snow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couloir Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Climbing is safe. It's the rescues that can be so annoying: JutBYJy8GQ8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken4ord Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 I don't think any of those sports are thought to be safer that climbing, even by the general public. Even so, there are probably more number of deaths annually related to climbing than those other sports. Percentage wise, which the general population does not take into consideration, my guess is there are probably higher percentage of deaths related to those other sports. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catbirdseat Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 In the jumping sports, the jumper depends on a narrow angle of contact with the ramp for survival. The narrower the angle, the smaller the normal force for a fall of a given distance. The reason the skater took such a hard fall after the 720, was that he pushed away from the ramp near the top of his launch. This resulted in his impacting the surface much lower than he should have. The lower you hit, the larger the angle and the harder the impact force. While it's hard to say exactly at which angle she struck, it looks like he it was at about 45 degrees. The force reduction was only about 30 percent. So he survived the equivalent of a 30 foot fall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TREETOAD Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 Thanks Rainman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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