New answers tagged safety
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Mortality statistics: Ski touring vs rock climbing
In addition to Manziels good answer, I would like to point to another statistic, that is less fortunate. The following diagram shows the number of yearly avalanche victims since 1936 in Switzerland.
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Mortality statistics: Ski touring vs rock climbing
The German Alpin Club (DAV) publishes an accident report every year: DAV Bergunfallstatistik, Report for 2022
For Austria, there is the Kuratorium für Alpine Sicherheit which publishes a similar ...
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How high need a concrete wall to be so bears can't climb it
This already got an accepted answer, and I can see that OP has decided to build a metal bar fence around their property.
But for future reference I'd like to state that an electric fence is clearly ...
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How high need a concrete wall to be so bears can't climb it
I was thinking about a metal fence of bars, of 80x40x3 mm (cross-section), around 3 meters high and at least 1 meter in the ground (enclosed in a concrete/stonewall foundation), and about 20 cm apart (...
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Is there any evidence that black bears (or other large predators) are indifferent to, or acutally repulsed by, the scent of humans?
Bears are teaching their young that humans = available food nearby. We call these bears " garbage bears". They break into garbage cans, and often chew on any containers they find. A bear ...
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Is there any statistical evidence that hunting reduces the likelihood of mountain lion attacks?
I can only speak from living in my geological area, thick forest near Lake Tahoe California. Here in Ca, hunting lions is not allowed. I personally love these creatures.
I've camped all over this ...
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Can an overhand loop be used to shorten nylon webbing as a personal anchor?
The hodgepodge of confusing information just keeps growing online. DMM drop tests of both Dyneema and nylon runners used this way showed how a knot of any kind weakened so a fall factor of 1 would ...
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