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- From: marlatt@spot.Colorado.EDU (Stuart W. Marlatt)
- Subject: Re: Bull Fighting (was A-word)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.233243.26965@ucsu.Colorado.EDU>
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- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 23:32:43 GMT
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- In article <Jan25.194427.24992@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU> trzyna@CS.ColoState.EDU (wayne trzyna) writes:
- >In article <11175@vice.ICO.TEK.COM> hall@vice.ICO.TEK.COM (Hal F Lillywhite) writes:
- >>
- >>Actually, I would have a hard time calling bull fighting a sport.
- >>More a spectacle, a very obscene spectacle. What it amounts to is
- >
- >What would you nominate as the most injurious sport? I say rodeo riding.
-
- Well, in almost 20 years of climbing, I have never had a serious
- injury. A few scrapes, and considerable loss of face at times, but
- nothing serious. Some close calls (getting an arm dinged by a rock
- halfway up a 700' free hanging rope was close...but then that's caving),
- but really, it has been pretty safe.
-
- I also grew up on horses, and rodeoed for a few years in high school.
- Barebacks, saddle broncs, and some pitiful team roping. Two concussions,
- a cracked rib (complete with horseshoe print), and a nasty sprain which
- put an arm in a brace for a few months. That from some infrequent
- rodeoing during the summer - those who go at it full time learn to
- live with injuries. And yes, the stock do get hurt on occasion.
- But given that they represent a pretty large investment, the contractors
- tend to work to make sure they are protected.
-
- I don't know how various sports stack up statistically regarding injuries.
- I'd imagine mountaineering has a pretty high fatality rate, as would
- cave diving. Football seems to produce a lot of blown knees and separated
- shoulders. Sport climbing has its share of tendonitis and joint problems.
- Still, I don't think I can think of any activity which sees its
- athletes play with worse injuries than rodeo. Riding with broken arms
- and jaws is not uncommon, and I've known of people soaking of body casts
- (broken back) in order to compete in the National Finals. Still, I am
- always amazed at the low fatality rate in the rough events, given the
- hooves stomping down on all sides of fallen riders (my sister once
- dated a guy who had a hoof scar which started under one ear, slid down
- under his jaw, across his throat, and off his shoulder...fun times!)
-
- >(Does rodeo belong in .indoor or .outdoor?)
- Depends whether the carpet has just been cleaned.
-
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