"David CL Francis" wrote in message
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I read that the chance of dying per hour while rock climbing is the same
as just being a man over 70.

That doesn't sound right. As of a few years ago, a 70-year-old man could
expect to live another 13 years
(http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/pdf/nvsr51_03t11.pdf), hence another
110,000 hours. But this study
(http://www.ew.govt.nz/ourenvironment.../thamescoast/d
ocuments/ursk.pdf) cites an annual fatality rate of one in 125 rock climbers
(in the UK). So even if the climbers average as many as 1,000 climbing
hours per year (which seems unlikely), rock climbing still has more than 100
times the hourly fatality rate of just being a 70-year-old man.

--Gary

Does that mean that I should now take up rock climbing?
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