Hang gliding statistics updated
http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-deadliest-hobbies.php
This fun site sites hang gliding as the most dangerous hobby. Previously the
number was 1 in 560 pilots will die each year. A few commenters complained about
this. So did I.
Right after I commented I received this:
Your comment on the post Top 10 Deadliest Hobbies has a new reply
Here is your comment:
Having watched whatever goes for the statistics on the death rate in hang
gliding for the last twenty years I can only say that your number appears to be
made up out of thin air. The actual rate would be between 1 in 10,000/year and 1
in 1,000/year.
Davis Straub -- 2013-06-22 08:07:22
Here is the new reply:
Article has been amended. Shell Harris -- 2013-06-22 08:57:28
Visit:
http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-deadliest-hobbies.php/comment-page-1#comment-44477
I wrote back: "Not yet." I received:
Hard to update on an iPad. But new numbers and source are up now.
Thanks.
Sent from my iPad
He now uses 1 per 1,000 and links to this:
http://www.willswing.com/Support/FAQItem.asp?reqFAQ=33&reqCat=hgbasic
http://OzReport.com/1371940533
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