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WTF has she got a helmet on for? 😆
the helmet's so you dont crack your head off the rock.
[i]the helmet's so you dont crack your head off the rock. [/i]
and to protect against falling rocks...
that's really ****ing stupid
i'm all for risk and not mollycoddling kids, but that's someone whose issues have issues.
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the helmet's so you dont crack your head off the rock.
my helmet has stopped more stuff falling on my head than my head hitting off walls etc.
there's always a risk of loose rock/ice coming down at you, whether it's from something you just dislodged with your hand/axe, or another climber/bird/water course etc 100ft above you.
Loose rock, slip off and twist, hitting the rock with your back. All real risks there. She is a tool
Elf and safety: Menna Pritchard has defended her decision to rock climb with two-year-old daughter Ffion strapped to her back
Ok who works for the Daily Mail?
I'm sure the baby is learning a lot about life having made the conscious decision to take that risk.
What is she trying to prove and who is she trying to prove it to?
two things, no helmet on the kid, exposing it to rockfall, secondly, she's been climbing for 2 years, which I would still class as a novice, mental.
naff tat.
She called her baby "Ffion" she clearly has no shame!
So she is studying for a degree in Outdoor Education? At what point will she be taking the class that tells her that every participant in rock climbing activities is required to wear suitable safety equipment including helmets?
Is it any more 'dangerous' or 'risky' than cycling anlong a normal road in the UK with a little un in a trailer ??
Is it any more 'dangerous' or 'risky' than cycling anlong a normal road in the UK with a little un in a trailer ??
Yes, significantly so.
Three Cliffs is coastal limestone, pretty solid, but on any crag like that there's still loose stuff that can fall off the ledges and the top of the ridge. Unlikely, but possible, particularly as that part of the cliff has people scrambling above the routes a lot.
Top-roping is pretty much the most stable and safest form of climbing, but wearing a two-year-old on your back doesn't exactly improve your centre of gravity and balance, and if she slips sideways or misjudges when she's lowering near the base and goes onto her back, then kid gets a clunk.
At that age, my two were getting their arms out of their baby backpack straps whenever they felt like it - not the sort of thing you'd want if you're 50ft up at the time.
Obviously, the most damning thing is that she considers it a climb requiring a helmet, but doesn't consider it worthwhile providing one for nipper.
I think she's equated the word 'toprope' with 'safe'. Can't see that the two-year-old will get much out of it either.
Oh for heavens sake, she is top roped. More risk involved in driving to the crag 🙄
In the grand scheme of things the child's probably at a much lower risk then if the mum smoked or sat around all day eating pizzas and watching the telly.
Has nobody explained to her that it would be quicker and easier to get to the child to the top of the cliff with an oversize catapult?
the most damning thing is that she considers it a climb requiring a helmet, but doesn't consider it worthwhile providing one for nipper
She can have more kids but will only ever have the one head.
I disagree with your assessment Aracer.
Hopefully none of you will ever come to Norway and see people downhill skiing while carrying toddlers their backs. It would be too shocking for you.
Attention whore. No more; no less.
[i]She can have more kids but will only ever have the one head. [/i]
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Meh... would prefer to see the child in a helmet, but other than that fair play to her.
I disagree with your assessment Aracer.
Why? How many babies in trailers do you hear of being seriously injured or killed?
She can have more kids but will only ever have the one head.
Clearly you've never been to Glossop
GrahamS - MemberMeh... would prefer to see the child in a helmet, but other than that fair play to her.
seems reasonable.
aracer - Member"I disagree with your assessment Aracer."
Why? How many babies in trailers do you hear of being seriously injured or killed?
How many toddlers going rock climbing with mum?
Nice that she has a helmet and not the toddler, cretins!
WTF has she got a helmet on for?
so that if she falls, bits of squashed kid don't mess up her hair
Aracer - About the same number as those killed / seriously injured whilst climbing strapped to their mothers backs, whilst top roping, in the UK.
Anyway - I'm not saying you are not entiltled to your assessment of the situation and opinion, just I dont agree with it.
If she was lead climbing, she'd probably be locked up....but come on, other than the helmet issue (which is a big one, and a major fail in her attention whoring plan) there is little other risk to the nipper than if she had her strapped to her back for a walk in the park in winter.
In fact, one could argue that the kid (if she was wearing a helmet) is safer on mum's back whilst top roping and slipped, than if mum slipped on a patch of ice in the park (nothing to catch you fall).
Provided the guy belaying knows what he's doing, then the risk is actually quite minimal (helmet stupidity aside).
I come off continually whilst top roping (especially when ice climbing), and even when trying some fairly big moves, I don't "fall", nor do I tend to spin round and smack my back on regular pitched routes.
About the same number as those killed / seriously injured whilst climbing strapped to their mothers backs, whilst top roping, in the UK.
See:
How many toddlers going rock climbing with mum?
I'm not saying you are not entiltled to your assessment of the situation and opinion, just I dont agree with it.
and I was wondering if you had any basis for your assessment.
Calm down everyone, I've found the original pic
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Aracer - My assessment is made from years of climbing and cycling, albeit without my kids strapped to my back or in tow. I have come a lot closer to being killed / seriously injured on the road by inconsiderate driving by others, as opposed to top roping a climb.
I bet her kid has a bloody splendid time growing up with a mum like that.
Unlike most Mail readers' kids, who will grow up into empty, shrivelled husks slumped behind desks pecking at keyboards like pigeons in Skinner boxes.
I meant how many toddlers get killed going rock climbing with mum?
Why take a chance, accidents happen no matter how safe you have been, are or feel, the same goes for cyclist who think their Captain Scarlet and indestructible, once little mishap or bad luck is all it takes.
Also the Daily Mail (surprise) and the OP are taking her "Life is about taking risks" comment completely out of context.
She wasn't making some "brazen" "adrenalin junkie" quip - she was making the perfectly valid point that we all take risks all the time:
"Health and safety legislation and the sue and blame culture mean so many people are nervous, so afraid of getting into trouble, and taking small risks.Life is all about risks, whether that’s something as simple as getting in your car every day or climbing up a rock face."
As for attention whoring, I don't think she called up the Daily Wail and said [i]"Hey why don't you question my suitability as a mother and stir up a massive hate campaign against me?"[/i]
It was just a post on her blog:
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http://aimevenhigher.blogspot.com/2012/01/adventures-in-babywearing.html
Looks like the kid has a great time to me 😀
hmmmm, i might have to change my opinion. she looks like a bit of a hippy......burn the witch!!!! 😉
Why take a chance, accidents happen no matter how safe you have been
Because life would be completely and utterly dull otherwise? And you wouldn't actually be able to do anything at all, in case an "accident" (which you often have little or no control over anyway) occurs.
Why take a chance, accidents happen no matter how safe you have been, are or feel,
Are you wearing a full face helmet right now?
Knee pads? Wrist guards? Spine protector?
Accidents can happen anywhere! Earlier I spilt some hot coffee. If it wasn't for my heat proof mittens I might have seriously scalded my pinkie.
