Columbia Basin, Ephrata, WA | MaineFarmer - 12/21/2023 10:07
My daughter climbs right along with him .No kids yet.They climb El Capitan often.There are routes that require over night stays on the wall.They sleep in sling type hammocks at a couple thousand feet up.One odd thing is ALL items brought up need to be brought down ,,including P and Poop.It would be a bit odd to have that need up there but it does often.They were on a wall last season when a few 100 ft away on another route a man above dropped a supply bag(maybe 10 lbs) the group just starting up got hit ,one died.I gave my children a bit of exploration and thrill seeking experiences when young(as I was nuts) and it seems they all enjoy adrenalin.I liken it to race car driving or snow sled racing in the addictiveness of the thrill.My SIl has routes that on other mountains they did it first and get to name the route.There are many cliffs that have the wrong stone type to climb safely.My daughter is an excellent Ice climber as well,they travel to walls of ice in the north or in the Alps in Europe ,when it gets thick.That is a crazy climb and if you lose feelings in your toes and fingers from the cold ,,,you are done,,as all of you know farming is actually very much more dangerous,be careful out there.
Not true, based on a quick perusal of death stats for both farming and rock climbing. I calculate that rock climbing is approximately 8x more dangerous than farming.
Here are the numbers I found:
Farming: 20 deaths per 100,000 full time workers.
https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/aginjury/default.html
US Rock climbing: 3.3 per 100,000 participants.
https://gitnux.org/rock-climbing-death-statistics/
Now, farming looks bad in those numbers, but how many hours per year are people climbing? Certainly less than “full time”. Let’s assume 2,000 (probably low) hours per year for the full time farm workers and 40 (probably high) hours per year for the average rock climber. Now the numbers are:
Farming: .0001 death per 1,000 hours.
US rock climbing: .0008 deaths per 1,000 hours.
While rock climbing isn’t the most dangerous hobby, it’s false to say it’s safer than farming. If you want to feel better about the safety of rock climbing, compare it to these:
Motorcycle riding: .01 deaths per 1,000 hours
Small planes: .001 fatal per 1,000 hours
Edited by Big Ben 12/22/2023 09:21
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Safer than farming he says...
