Help a climber pass his college capstone project
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Hey Climbing community, |
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Matt, |
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I recall seeing a survey on rc.com on a similar subject for someone's thesis. Probably was about 2 years ago. I remember there being a good thread on it - check it out. |
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Matt - is that really the name of the major? Or is it like a sub-major of business or something? Sounds mighty basket-weavingish to me... |
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Hey Matt! |
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Danny Grim wrote:try putting it on the climberism forum to get more responses!Really? |
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Ryan Nevius wrote: Really?yup! |
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Your questions around leading and lead falls do not capture a large segment of the population that is climbing hard sport - maybe 5.12-5.14+. You ask how many lead falls the climber takes per year, with the highest option being 10+. Sport climbers who are projecting routes regularly take a dozen lead falls a day. This doesn't mean they are exposed to more risk than the 5.7 sport climber who falls twice a year. In general, harder sport routes are significantly safer to fall on than lower grades. |
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Rajiv- good point about falls. |
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I did a factor analysis survey many years ago with a few hundred respondents from climbing clubs around the world. As I recall, the motivations for rock climbing grouped pretty well into 3 underlying factors: risk/achievement/skill, social/competitive, and nature/uniqueness/escape. I believe that risk/achievement/skill was significantly negatively correlated with experience, although it might have been age. I don't have the paper handy any more. |
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alexdavis wrote:Matt - is that really the name of the major? Or is it like a sub-major of business or something? Sounds mighty basket-weavingish to me... :DYep that is the name of the major! And thanks for the responses guys I really appreciate the help :) I'm up to 180 responses so far! |
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I took your survey, but I think it really misses some points about risk. |