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[-] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 year ago

I don't think it's the ropes that are used that make climbing dangerous...

[-] appel@whiskers.bim.boats 2 points 1 year ago
[-] WimpyWoodchuck@feddit.de 9 points 1 year ago

Using the equipment incorrectly.

[-] rikudou@lemmings.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

And sometimes bad luck. RIP my uncle, who has been climbing for decades until one day he fell to his death.

[-] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

Or other forms of inexperience. If you were climbing a rock face and didn't realize the part you were trusting your life to wasn't as stable as you thought it would be and your attachments give out.

this post was submitted on 07 Jul 2023
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