Chinese Disaster Ultra Marathon

[felltrumpet]

Very sad news. https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...e_iOSApp_Other

[noel]

That's awful. 21 people!

[Hank]

A really tragedy, sounds absolutely horrific. Some more (non-hyperbolic, non-judgemental) details here: https://www.irunfar.com/twenty-one-r...A4fPJTbDe0JvEc

[Graham Breeze]

A really tragedy, sounds absolutely horrific. Some more (non-hyperbolic, non-judgemental) details here: https://www.irunfar.com/twenty-one-r...A4fPJTbDe0JvEc

A good report, as one might expect from this source. The absence of mandatory kit eg no water proof, no warm layer, no survival kit,..., tells you all you need to know.

[Mike T]

Twenty one deaths certainly suggests that no proper risk assessment was done - to say the least.

This is interesting:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/scienc...80603220302179

[noel]

This is interesting:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/scienc...80603220302179

Indeed, thanks. These 21 deaths due to hypothermia will certainly skew the numbers next time this analysis is run. So here's an evidence-based recommendation from this manuscript:

The relatively high percentage of sudden cardiac deaths stresses the need for preparticipation cardiovascular screenings

There is a charity called CRY (cardiac research in the young) who screen young athletes for cardiac abnormalities, and probably have prevented lots of deaths by doing this. There's not a corresponding charity cardiac research in middle aged and old athletes. Perhaps there should be.

[felltrumpet]

A good report, as one might expect from this source. The absence of mandatory kit eg no water proof, no warm layer, no survival kit,..., tells you all you need to know.

It does seem perverse (?- can’t find the right word!) that I carried (rightly so) full waterproofs, head torch and a survival bag, having been through a rigorous kit check for a 2hour evening jaunt around Dovedale a couple of weeks ago, and the other event took place without some of those basic requirements.

There were experienced competitors in the race who had raced internationally!

Unnecessary and avoidable tragedy.

[Mark G]

The Life Scientific, R4 this morning is going to be about exposure and hypothermia. From the trailer it.might be primarily about cold water immersion but likely to be of interest.

[Graham Breeze]

The Life Scientific, R4 this morning is going to be about exposure and hypothermia. From the trailer it.might be primarily about cold water immersion but likely to be of interest.

Thank you.

Yes it was and yes it was.

[brett]

I enjoyed that!

The Life Scientific, R4 this morning is going to be about exposure and hypothermia. From the trailer it.might be primarily about cold water immersion but likely to be of interest.