Those of you who know anything about mountaineering know that it's a dangerous business. This season saw 11 deaths on Everest, the worst season since that fateful year, 1996, when 15 people failed to return from their attempt to summit. The slightest misstep in the "Death Zone" above 26,000 ft. and chances of becoming a permanent popsicle fixture on the world's highest peak are greatly increased.
Well, it looks as though our own mountaineer, Dom Tracey, has taken a little misstep of his own if the attached pictures are anything to go by. Operating at probably a little less than 26,000 ft., Dom in his own words, "Had a few pieces pull and decked" which seems to be mountaineering speak for f'ing up and landing on your head. In his typical understated manner Dom says he, "somehow managed to come out of it with a cut on my foot and a bump on my head."
Well, I've had a few bumps on my head in my time, and that sir, does not look like any bump on the head that I can recall. Neither have any of my "bumps on the head" required me to be carried away on a stretcher.
But, since Dom seems to be alive and e-mailing, it doesn't appear to be beyond the realms of good taste to have a chuckle at his expense, and thank our lucky stars that we enjoy the much safer sport of rugby.
In order for you to avoid any of these nasty non-rugby type accidents, you should spend as much time as possible at training, starting tomorrow. 6pm at Fox Street.
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I should point out that studies have shown that brain cells are actually safer rock climbing without a helmet than they are spending a night in the Old Port with Spider and Jason Willey.
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