Comments on: Data on Climbing Accidents and Fatalities

By: douglas mclellan

douglas mclellan — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 22:21:11 +0000

question please:

which climber (german?) died dangling at the end of a rope some 30 metres up from his rescuers when a knot prevented him from passing the rope thro’ his harness? his last words were “i’m finished”

thanks,

doug.

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Top Posts on All Climbing from Jan 2009 — All Climbing — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 07:01:35 +0000

[...] Data on Climbing Accidents and Fatalities Posted on Monday, January 12th, 2009 in Accidents From what I consider to be a somewhat morbid website, I was forwarded a link from Obit Magazine (yes, a website all about people dying, I don’t care how they try to spin it) regarding a climbing death at Seneca Rocks, West Virginia last Fall. The author reflects on her death and how other climbers at the scene reacted and handled the incident. [...]

By: Melissa

Melissa — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 01:13:29 +0000

The original website to post those stats doesn’t mention the US statistics, so I’m guessing they only use UK based stats.

http://www.hse.gov.uk/education/statistics.htm

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By: Spacey Davids

Spacey Davids — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 19:34:30 +0000

The British rate for maternal mortality is 7.7 per 100 000. Makes you worry about the other statistics. (http://www.patient.co.uk/showdoc/40000301/#ref2)

By: The Adventure Channel

The Adventure Channel — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 08:47:37 +0000

Wow, 1 in 8200 for pregnancy, thats allot!

By: Tom Markiewicz

Tom Markiewicz — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 02:04:12 +0000

Hmm, true Peter, if that’s the case those numbers look very wrong compared to what the American Alpine Club found (average of 25 deaths annually). I think I read an outdoor industry association report a couple years back that had the total number of US climbers (or those who say they are climbers) at about 250k. If we use those numbers that puts climbing fatalities at 1 death for every 10,000 climbers, about three times as high the British study.

By: peter

peter — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 01:55:25 +0000

Of course, that is per climb. So, if you climb 100 routes a year, now that number is one death per 3,200 climbers per year. So that is actually quite a bit riskier than almost anything on that list on a per year basis.

By: Tom Markiewicz

Tom Markiewicz — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 01:53:59 +0000

Ryan, I was wondering the same, but I have to think that the second set of numbers is British only.

By: Ryan Stewart

Ryan Stewart — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:47:16 +0000

Wow, I agree, that is freaky. Is that just the British numbers or is that aggregated across some section of the developed world?

=Ryan

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