Each to their own. I love mountain biking and find that it has a fair bit in common with caving - mud, cold, wet, hard work etc. I enjoy the amount of skill needed on those wet rocks and the feeling of travelling through fantastic countryside. Trouble is, at my age, when I fall off, I crunch rather than bounce.It’s a strange hobby riding bikes up hills. Like us earlier this week, you pass people who have been carrying it for 1-2 hours uphill over rocks before doing what - riding them down the rocks? It’s way slower than just running the route (even downhill), and often not much better than walking it I suspect.
We have bikes for commuting in Amsterdam, and we even have bikes to shorten walk ins, but this lugging bikes around mountains lark seems even more masochistic than dragging rope bags caving, given it’s optional. And I just don’t believe cycling down wet rocks is safer than caving, although we could give both a go in Lancaster I suppose. What proportion of County to Lanc could you pedal? 30%? Maybe more?
This article is from 2001 and identifies 84 patients with zero deaths. The same period the data covers records 3 cave related deaths
The article was published in May or June by Shrewsbury hospital, so presumably covered ireby fell that February.From one hospital...
Assuming that the data covers the year 2000 (it doesn't say in the article, but it was published in 2001, so it's a reasonable assumption), the only caving related death I know of for that year was that of Howard Rothwell, who got caught out by a flood pulse in Lancaster Hole.
I would be interested to know what the other two were.
With respect, the data covered January to December of an unspecified year, so it was unlikely to have included 2001 data.The article was published in May or June by Shrewsbury hospital, so presumably covered ireby fell that February.
BBC News | HEALTH | Mountain bikers 'risk serious injury'
news.bbc.co.uk
Why would he? I'll wait for his answer to my question.But PeasusCrisp presumably included them.