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Brainbucket or no brainbucket?

Andrew Gram · · Salt Lake City, UT · Joined Jan 2001 · Points: 3,725

I always wear one climbing. Didn't use to, but after spending a lot of time climbing loose rock in the desert it got to be such a habit that i feel weird without one. I also always wear one biking and skiing, and I usually do while rowing my raft in whitewater.

Alicia Sokolowski · · Brooklyn, NY · Joined Aug 2010 · Points: 1,781
Evan S wrote:I even wear one when I'm out bouldering alone. In general, a fall twice your height or over 12 feet (whichever comes first) is considered to be potentially deadly.
I actually know someone that, very sadly, slipped backward off a wet curb and died from the impact only falling from their own height. I recognize this example cuts both ways. You could argue that you should always wear one because even the smallest mistake can be lethal, but you can also argue that we don't wear helmets to cross the street just because of this one unfortunate accident.

Like I said, I try to always wear mine, but I will admit that I have forgot my helmet and still climbed. Like everything in climbing, you have to apply the reasonableness standard that takes into account more variables than you could ever post in a message. Just stay in your self-defined limits.
Stonyman Killough · · Alabama · Joined Jan 2008 · Points: 5,785

I think it's smart to wear a helmet. I wear mine!! Besides, my poor brain can't take too many more hits. Partly from being a teenager during the 70's.......!

Jimmy Farrell · · Fresno, CA · Joined Jul 2005 · Points: 125

I wear my helmet because it makes me look cool. I don't really care what y'all do...

Guideline #1: Don't be a jerk.

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