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I'd generally trade more little injuries sliding down a shallow wall for one big injury from a free fall.

• nix23 6y ago
  For 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 ago
    Oh, 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 ago
      You 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.