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byRockDoctor ( 15477 ) writes:
As the Mountain Rescue at Chamonix say, "tous les meilleurs alpinistes sont tuées en rapelles". (For the linguistically challenged, "all the best alpinists are killed abseiling".)
It's so common - someone who regularly pushes their sport to the bleeding edge ... dies in a routine bit of entertainment. Or work - I remember the shock when Jochen Hausenmeyer (the eponymous in the "Dead Man's Handshake" incident of the mid-70s of cave diving) was killed on a routine commercial dive some time ... late '90s was it? Not even involving decco as I heard it.
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byBig Hairy Gorilla ( 9839972 ) writes:
Die by the sword.
Klingons would approve.
Or probably not. They 'd probably say diving out of a balloon 23 km above the surface is for cissies.
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