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Risk of dying whilst climbing is 1 in a million 24-Jun-2014 At 5:25:18 PM Wendy

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The odds on discussion is all a bit stupid when you look at why people die climbing. I can't remember where I first read this, but I think it still holds true - climbers (and I'm not talking mountaineering here, I heard a figure of 10% or so of them will probably in 10 years of mountaineering, which roughly correlates with that speaker), any, back on track, climbers die from not using a rope (soloing, access and descents) and inexperience, which loosely covers equipment mistakes, poor judgement and the abundence of things to hit on easy climbs. And maybe gear failure was on that list as well, but as some large degree of gear failure is an equipment mistake, maybe it wasn't.

Given that, a capable climber with good judgement who doesn't solo is far less likely to die, so that means all the bumblies in the world have a much greater chance of dying, so if we look back at that easter at Araps scenario - 1 in 10!