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Old November 1st 07, 03:00 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Ian
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Default How dangerous is soaring?

On 1 Nov, 14:07, 1LK wrote:
The calculation which yields the 80/1 is only true for the single
instance; my odds of being here next year are another thing entirely.
For that you need to do mortality computations.


I'm having real difficulty understanding this. Are you saying that ...

1) There is a 1/80 chance you'll be dead by this time tomorrow and
that

2) There is a 1/80 chance you'll be dead by this time the day after?

Ian