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- From: Ralph.C.Lindenfeld@dartmouth.edu (Ralph C. Lindenfeld)
- Newsgroups: rec.backcountry,rec.climbing
- Subject: Re: Bull Fighting (was A-word)
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- Date: 27 Jan 93 18:55:32 GMT
- References: <1993Jan25.233243.26965@ucsu.Colorado.EDU>
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- In article <1993Jan27.181428.28066@news.arc.nasa.gov>
- watson@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov (John S. Watson - FSC) writes:
-
- > As I see it, skiing is more likely to injure you (because of the velocity)
- > >whereas climbing is more likely to kill you (because of the velocity).
- >
- > Actually it's not velocities you've got to beware of,
- > it's the sudden negative accelerations (especially the ones cause by
- > large immovable objects).
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- At last count there have been two deaths this year in VT due to folks
- skiing into trees. (There's a lot more people skiing down the slopes
- than climbing up them, of course)
-
- Ralph Lindenfeld
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