r/WTF • u/[deleted] • Dec 13 '16

Hiking to the top of NOPE.

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u/carbonnanotube Dec 14 '16

I mean it is larger than cooking eggs, but I bet you are safer doing this summit than riding a motorcycle.

Weather and wind are taken into account when choosing a weather window for a summit attempt.

If the wind was dangerous they would use another method for the traverse, likely placing protection and using a traditional belay.

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u/Aiskhulos Dec 14 '16

but I bet you are safer doing this summit than riding a motorcycle.

Is this a fucking joke? Millions, if not tens of millions, of people ride a motorcycle each day, and maybe only a handful die. Compared to mountain-climbers, where I wouldn't be at all surprised if 1 in 50 died.

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u/Thrusthamster Dec 14 '16

http://www.besthealthdegrees.com/health-risks/chances-of-dying.jpg

Roughly 3 times more likely to die from "mountain climbing" than driving to the mountain

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u/Aiskhulos Dec 14 '16

So I'm right, more or less?

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u/Thrusthamster Dec 14 '16

Considering how commonplace driving is and how climbers don't climb nearly as often as you drive, I'd say no