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Another point is you get much more injuries when the wall is not steep (you slide along, instead of falling in free-air), another are stones if the wall is not
by nix23 6y ago
Another point is you get much more injuries when the wall is not steep (you slide along, instead of falling in free-air), another are stones if the wall is not steep they roll along the wall. That's a perfect example off misjudge objective and subjective dangers. An overhanging wall is much less dangerous then anything else, but your brain tells something else.
- darkerside 6y agoI'd generally trade more little injuries sliding down a shallow wall for one big injury from a free fall.
- nix23 6y agoFor that you have a rope, that's the objective part...you would not climb (i hope) an overhanging wall. >little injuries sliding down a shallow wall Those are often not "little" the rocks rip you apart, and when you stop you look not human anymore (a bag of flesh)...happens often at glaciers too.
- hutzlibu 6y agoOh, but in the alps there are ways with a metal ladder, where you indeed "walk" a overhanging way, without rope. Not for everyone obviously.
- nix23 6y agoYou have steelropes or hooks there too and a via ferrata set with a shock-absorber and a helmet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Via_ferrata https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Via_ferrata And if without securing...even a bigger objective danger for you to decide if you can do it, that's the point.