Do "most climbers die"?

D Winger wrote:I'm in a conversation on Twitter with someone who believes that "most climbers die" if they keep climbing. He clarified in a later tweet (140 characters limits discussion!)

What's your name on Twitter?, this is the type of stuff I want to follow.

John Wilder wrote: speak for yourself, dude.

Sorry for suggesting that version of reality was suitable for all, I shouldn't be so narrow minded.

sfotex wrote: What's your name on Twitter?, this is the type of stuff I want to follow.

Assuming you didn't mean that as sarcasm...
@winger2shadows

Martin le Roux wrote: What about Bob Kamps, who died at 73 of a heart attack while on the wall of a climbing gym?

Wow, I didn't know that. Interesting.

So Kamps actually did die while climbing (not falling).

Which means he may also have actually "died doing what he loved."

Every time I hear that, I think "No, he loved climbing, not bouncing violently over ledges and off rocks as gravity smashed him while he was pulled to his doom."

That never made sense to me, even before I started climbing. But it sounds like Bob pulled it off.

A quantitative answer to the OPs question doesn't really mean anything anyway. You could sit on a couch your whole life and maybe live longer. I guess nobody would tweet about it tho...

Chris D wrote: Wow, I didn't know that. Interesting. So Kamps actually did die while climbing (not falling). Which means he may also have actually "died doing what he loved." Every time I hear that, I think "No, he loved climbing, not bouncing violently over ledges and off rocks as gravity smashed him while he was pulled to his doom." That never made sense to me, even before I started climbing. But it sounds like Bob pulled it off. A quantitative answer to the OPs question doesn't really mean anything anyway. You could sit on a couch your whole life and maybe live longer. I guess nobody would tweet about it tho...

By your logic, "Bob loved climbing, not suffering excruciating pain in his chest before passing out to his doom."

Phil Lauffen wrote: By your logic, "Bob loved climbing, not suffering excruciating pain in his chest before passing out to his doom."

You got me there, Phil!

I hope my point wasn't lost in my bad example. It's off-topic anyway.

"Count no man happy until he is dead."