100 times more deadly than golf?

[dpegg]

talking at the weekend somone suggested that caving was 100 times more deadly/dangerous  than golf....
I  just wondered if this was a true face or one of those urban legends that you occasional hear of?

 

[ian.p]

bit of a round number...

 

[menacer]

bit of a round number...

Bdum Chi Thank you Thankyou Ladies and Gentleman...

 

[Les W]

I think you are less likely to be struck by lighting when caving but I wouldn't rule it out entirely  :-\

 

[menacer]

and ive Never been hit on the head by a golf ball caving either...

 

[ttxela]

I recall being told by a paramedic that there were alot of heart attacks on golf courses  :-\

 

[Peter Burgess]

Golf is a load of balls.

 

[graham]

Bdum Chi Thank you Thankyou Ladies and Gentleman...

 

[AndyF]

I think you are less likely to be struck by lighting when caving but I wouldn't rule it out entirely  :-\

Werent the ladders in the entrance to Ghar Paru struck by lightning during one expedition...

 

[langcliffe]

Werent the ladders in the entrance to Ghar Paru struck by lightning during one expedition...

I think that was Provatina during the 1967 expedition.

 

[anfieldman]

Wouldn't you be more likely to die of exhaustion playing golf?
After all, I don't know of any caver that has done 19 holes in a day!  ....................................................................I'll get me coat.

 

[seddon]

100% of cavers die - it's official.

 

[Alkapton]

After all, I don't know of any caver that has done 19 holes in a day! 

You mean NigR hasn't dug 20 entrances in one day yet :-\

 

[paul]

Death by golf cart again.

 

[Brains]

talking at the weekend somone suggested that caving was 100 times more deadly/dangerous  than golf....
I  just wondered if this was a true face or one of those urban legends that you occasional hear of?

Had heard the opposite... Golfers being a bunch of OAP heart attack fodder playing with lightning conductors in the rain. Incidentally, had been told horse riding, football, rugby and many other sports/hobbies/pastimes were more dangerous. Quantifying this however is a different cluster of feck  kettle of fish

 

[Les W]

I think you are less likely to be struck by lighting when caving but I wouldn't rule it out entirely  :-\

Werent the ladders in the entrance to Ghar Paru struck by lightning during one expedition...

...but I wouldn't rule it out entirely

PS. Jrat got struck by lightning at the bottom of a cave in the Dachstein (and also Blitz (hence his nickname) at the entrance) whilst talking on a field telephone that was wired to the entrance. 

 

[dpegg]

true but does that take into account the larger numbers of people playing gold compared to the smaller number of cavers...

 

[Les W]

Probably not, but you don't want to let the truth ruin a good story. 

Statistics can say pretty much what you want them to say, but the population of cavers is too small to provide reliable statistical analysis when very infrequent events are considered. One or two incidents in a population of 5,000 will not stand out above a general background of a few events across the whole population of the country.

 

[Elaine]

I think I have said this before somewhere, but at Templeton - the lightning conductor to beat all lightning conductors - we all run to the pub if it looks like a thunderstorm is approaching.

I am testing my new lap top that I have been bought to do farm work with - ssshhhh!!!