Chris Vreeland said:
>caving, it falls somewhere between Soccer and Golf on the scale of
>dangerosity. This doesn't include cave diving, which would skew the numbers,
>as diving appears to be quite a bit more dangerous.
I really like dangerosity! :-) Even the kind of dry caving you do, and
where you do it, greatly affects the risk. The original statement concerned
caving in Austin, which must be on the safer end of all types of caving. For
example, there are few vertical drops and flooding is generally not much of an
issue, although it can be in certain cases. The caves, with a couple of
exceptions, are not very long or complex and they are relatively warm. I can
think of many more dangerous places to go caving. As they say, the most
dangerous part of a caving trip is the drive there and back! That probably
applies to soccer, golf, and most other sports as well.
Lyndon Tiu said:
>People get injured or killed playing golf?!
Killed probably not, but injured, sure. Golfer's elbow, for example.
What about being hit by an errant ball? Here's a case of both:
<http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200704/s1898186.htm> I'd stay
underground where it's safer! ;-)
Mark Minton
