On Friday, January 17, 2014 1:49:17 PM UTC-5, Dan Marotta wrote:

Do you really think that, since 1 in 10 German champions died in a glider
crash (wasn't that 3 of 32?), that the remainder should quit flying since
they have a 1 in 10 chance of dieing in a glider crash? "Let's see... I've
had 9 flights and survived, so I guess I'll die if I takeoff again."

I don't see how you got that from what I wrote. I've no clue about the motivations of world champion glider pilots and no opinion about their choices..

I'm pretty sure that I will die of natural causes. I don't worry about dying of natural causes, but I do everything that I can to stay healthy (sleep well, good diet, exercise, be sociable, don't worry and enjoy life).

I'm pretty sure that I will die of natural causes BEFORE I die in a glider. The point of my original post is that I find this conjecture to be a good reason to stop worrying about dieing in a glider. My second reason to stop worrying is that worry (feeling anxiety) degrades the quality of my flying.. At the end of the day, I still do everything that I can to fly safely and reduce risk to myself and innocent bystanders. I don't think that worry should be my motivation to fly safely.