I mean i fully get it and am hyper aware of leaving it in and also pointing the spout away from people as it gets a bit splashy
Yet the two teachers above forget or were not told or ignored it. By even having the bung you open up the possibility of above - I did it first time I used them. Nearly scarred myself and a colleague....
So just remove such a dangerous thing. Zero risk in respect of that issue now.
than jump off absolutely anything that required faith in any other human being being responsible for making sure I was tied onto something
I get the point and yet we go out in our cars and on our bikes relying on someone else to do the right things every day. I accept there's an incentive on them for not crashing too, but have you seen some drivers!
He then pointed out that I had inadvertently karabinered the anchor strap to a flimsy stitched loop on my harness.
I use carabiners for securing things like my phone and wallet, I don’t trust anything important staying in my pockets if I’m doing anything other than sitting down, I’ve put my phone in my pocket before now, clipped the carabiner on the other end of the lanyard on, then realised I’d just attached it to the other end of the lanyard, instead of my belt!
I’ve read the articles about this awful event, I won’t watch the video, it’ll upset me too much, I’m getting upset now just writing this, thinking of what it’s going to do to her family!
This just reinforces my lack of a risk taking gene, I can’t, won’t take part in anything like climbing, abseiling, I don’t have enough trust in other people not to screw up, when I don’t have trust in myself to check everything is properly secured!
I had a mate get his beard caught in the descender mid-abseil - during a free hanging section of the abseil. The screaming was quite something.
This just reinforces my lack of a risk taking gene, I can’t, won’t take part in anything like climbing, abseiling, I don’t have enough trust in other people not to screw up, when I don’t have trust in myself to check everything is properly secured!
And yet you trust people day in day out to drive around in a tonne or more of metal with zero ongoing training? People who are uninsured, people who have no idea about whether their car is safe?
There isn't an industry that would allow that yet its normal for a huge population. My grandad drove for 70years without even sitting a test (he did have a licence).
Aye, attitude to risk is a funny old thing and we can be quite selective. The usual one about being afraid of flying but happy to drive to the airport. Makes no sense but I suppose that's the human condition for ya...
Normalisation of risk is a really important factor.
As is peoples lack of ability to judge and manage risks, let alone manage the internal emotions (fear) your body and brain can conjure up...
I had a university course touch on risk.
Reporting is a factor. Car deaths, particularly in isolation, are hardly mentioned in the media. About 5 people die on the roads every day The Bedford train crash is every where. Thats one death.
Big motorway crashes and plane crashes are rare but get loads of attention. Hence the perception that motorway driving and flying are dangerous when they are safer than driving on minor roads and round town
