Of course that's true, and a lot of lives have undoubtedly been ruined by a loved one getting involved in something risky and subsequently being killed, but we cannot eliminate risk from life, we have to strike a balance.Originally Posted by IanDarkpeak
Risk sports have been growing in popularity ever since the victorians discovered the thrill of fear and I think they are set to continue, despite the nannying of the Health & Safety state (of which I am a part). There is however a huge difference between being expected to take a risk as part of your employment and doing it, calculatedly, as part of your leisure activities.
You are actually MUCH more likely to be killed driving to work than you are running in a fell race but our families accept this risk as somehow justified or inescapable, when in actual fact it is those kind of risks we should be trying to eliminate from our lives - not the trivial risk of running in the Edale Skyline race!
And I apologise for this being a heavy subject for Christmas Eve... I'm off for a pint (carefully)
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