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It's not like you're taking them rock climbing, for crying out loud.

Oh, no, not a rock climbing dig!

I guess I should have posted in HTML so I could increase the font size for
the smiley for folks like you?

Still, last I read, the fatal accident rate for certain sports, including
rock climbing, is significantly higher than that for flying. In terms of
risk exposure for a single outing, comparing rock climbing to flying is not
far off from comparing flying to driving.

The reason for this difference may be different between flying and rock
climbing, compared to between flying and driving. But nevertheless, as far
as I know the difference does exist (maybe it's changed recently?).

Pete