There's statistics, then there's damned statistics,
and then there's liars.

Your chances of having an accident are 1 in 2; either
you will or you won't. Same is true of rope breaks,
of mid-airs, smothering in your sleep, or whatever.
It is up to you each and every time to prevent it.
Be wary!

At 14:12 03 November 2007, Andy wrote:
On Nov 3, 5:07 am, Del C wrote
Gliding is actually statistically considerably safer
than Horse Riding,
which does not generally seem to be regarded as risky.

What are the horse riding statistics and what are they
based on based
on? Hours in the saddle or something else? Do horse
riders log and
report the hours they ride to some controlling authority
that compiles
the statistics? Are the statistics broken down into
the many types of
horse riding?

I suspect there is very poor data on the time exposure
to most of the
risks that kill people, except of course total hours
lived prior to
the fatal event.

Andy