Most Dangerous Sport in the World

I watched a special on 60 minutes about the most dangerous sport in the world. The sport featured was base jumping. T'was intersting, but I feel compelled to say that I think the title "most dangerous sport in the world" belongs to soloing without any protection, maybe climbing super hard X/R-rated lines or teaching someone how to belay while climbing a route you've never been on before :P

What do ya think?

sext'ing while driving

I'm pretty sure it's naked puma wrestling.

Life is by far the most dangerous sport: it's the only one that has a 100% participant fatality ratio.

Russian roulette?

Without a doubt, curling.

do chess-based suicides count?

Retrieving your golf ball from a water hazard in Florida.

Climbing Lats while dogs and children run around your belayer and on top of your rope while their asshole dad stands there and allows it to happen.

Africanized bee enemas.

Recreational taxi rides in New York city, Or just driving in europoe!

Andrew Caraballo wrote:I watched a special on 60 minutes about the most dangerous sport in the world. The sport featured was base jumping. T'was intersting, but I feel compelled to say that I think the title "most dangerous sport in the world" belongs to soloing without any protection, maybe climbing super hard X/R-rated lines or teaching someone how to belay while climbing a route you've never been on before :P What do ya think?

Add ironing and you got it..

biking around cholla cacti
(I know there a pic on this site)

Buildering in South-Central with skinny white guys who are wearing prAna man-pris.

The key with both of your examples is that the commitment point is rather late. With sufficient skill, you may never do a move you can't reverse while soloing, or get yourself into a position where you have to trust the other person. With BASE jumping, the commitment point is a few seconds after the beginning of the exercise. The way I define "dangerous" is based on 1) the consequences of a major screw-up, and 2) where in the proceedings does a tiny mistake (say tying your shoelaces too loosely) constitute a major screw-up for a world class practitioner. Walking can be quite dangerous for the neophyte, but I doubt that any of use would call walking the most dangerous sport in the world. Meanwhile, about 1 in 60 basejumpers burns in. And these are typically people who know what they are doing. If soloing or any climbing really, was that dangerous, we'd see HUNDREDS more deaths each year.

felon taunting.

cougar hunting

Luxury yacht fishing off Somali Coast.

Any that contain one or more of the following:

Emphasis is on adrenaline
Emphasis is on risk
Participants lauded for their bravery

and finally...

Total reliance for life & limb in the hands of someone you don't know, only met 5 minutes ago, and is young enough to date your daughter.

Speedriding . . . youtube.com/watch?v=jjtkO_B…

Buff Johnson wrote:cougar hunting

I beat you to that one man