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Hollow mountain accident 28/4/2018 30-Apr-2018 At 8:35:16 PM jacksonclimbs

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On 30-Apr-2018 Wendy wrote:

>I'm going to go with the observational and anecdotal evidence that more
>bouldering=more accidents. I very rarely boulder but I've broken my ankle
>3 times bouldering. I may have a bung shoulder at the moment, but I've
>climbed 3+ days a week for 28 years for a total of 2 fingers, 2 shoulders
>and an ankle. That makes the ratio of injuries to bouldering a lot higher.
>Add to that being told the other day that there is a serious injury every
>week on the bouldering gym my friend works at and another friend sporting
>a bouldering broken ankle, bouldering is not coming out in a good light.

I've seen a couple of busted ankles in bouldering gyms. I heard someone make a comment, although it may have been somewhat tongue in cheek, that they had considered building a bouldering section in their gym, but they would have had to make space for an ambulance bay also.

Still, bouldering must not be that bad compared to the injuries that come out of other hobbies like motorcycling, skiing/snowboarding, downhill racing etc.