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I don't think that there's any reason to shame people for taking adventure selfies, any more than we 'shame' people for climbing everest¹ or people who run mara
by gerbilly 8y ago
I don't think that there's any reason to shame people for taking adventure selfies, any more than we 'shame' people for climbing everest¹ or people who run marathons.²
Often it's not even the selfie itself that causes the accident. Just being in these places/environments increases risk of death obviously, but that's not newsworthy.
1: 6.5% death rate among people who summit. Probably higher overall, but I couldn't find a statistic for that.
2: Death rate of 0.8 per 100,000 people.