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It's true, folks like me can be kinda sensitive.

I was thinking more just the poor eyesight. But if it's a sensitivity
issue, maybe the larger smiley would have helped that too.

You have a good point about the relative risk rates of climbing and
flying. Honestly, it's very hard to find comparative data. And it's not
even clear what would be comparative?

Therein lies the rub. Even for the basic flying vs driving comparison,
there's debate as to the "correct" way to compare them. The relative ratios
don't come out the same for all methods (in fact, I'm pretty sure *none* are
the same).

The same thing is true for comparing flying to rock climbing, of course. Or
any other activity. Which comparison one chooses depends often as much on
what point the person making the comparison is trying to make, as it does on
any objective desire to provide the most relevant and accurate comparison.

I'm not saying I have a perfect way to compare the various activities. Just
that, for various measures, certain activities are consistently more or less
(depending on the activity) dangerous than flying.

Pete