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Accident Register (www.accidentregister.org) 3-Feb-2006 At 7:31:36 PM vwills

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I dont think that an internet forum is the proper way to reliably investigate climbing fatalities and injuries. Self report is unreliable.
Tapping into the the state health systems to maintain a prospective accident register where all fatalities (picked up from deaths reported to the coroner) and all major injuries (picked up from attendance at emergency departments)are flagged and can then be investigated in a timely and sensitive fashion would be the way to collect meaningful data.
I am sure accidents related to climbing are grossly under reported, even in countries where there is a history of good accident reporting and a strong and unified climbing culture.
Reports on forums like this and crag X are insensitive and voyeuristic.