People get injured or killed playing golf?!@#$% On Thu, 1 Nov 2007 07:06:56 -0500 cvreel...@austin.rr.com wrote: > I'd heard somewhere (Now that's authoritative!) that when the overall > stats of caver injury and death are added up vs. hours spent 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 have > no authoritative statistics to back up that last statement, though -- > just a hunch. > > CV > > On Nov 1, 2007, at 6:15 AM, Lyndon Tiu wrote: > > > IMHO, Caving is safe provided you have: > > > > 1) Proper training > > 2) Proper equipment > > 3) Proper planning > > > > as with anything else ... > > > > > > On Thu, 1 Nov 2007 07:02:09 -0400 (GMT-04:00) > > tbsam...@infionline.net wrote: > >> Too many adverbs & very relatively is a tad ambiguous.. > >> > >> T. > >> > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: "Minton, Mark" > >> Sent: Oct 29, 2007 9:34 AM > >> To: Texascavers@texascavers.com > >> Subject: [Texascavers] RE: Austin Cave Fest promotes safe caving > >> > >> From > >> <http://www.kvue.com/news/local/stories/102707kvuecavefest-mm. > >> 1b28dd99f.html>: > >>> "Caving is a very, very relatively safe sport in austin," says Julie > >> Jenkins. Say what? So, is it safe or not? :-) Mark Minton > >> > >> > >> http://home.infionline.net/~tbsamsel/ > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> Visit > >> our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: > >> texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e- > >> mail: > >> texascavers-h...@texascavers.com > > > > > > -- > > Lyndon Tiu > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Visit our website: http://texascavers.com > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com > > For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com >
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