Death on mountains

[RickyGerbail]

you can die from Cerebral Edema, lung edema, freezing to death, falling to death, strangled by rope, being pushed against rock face and suffocated because someone has fallen off the cliff and you're attached to that person, rock falling on your head and avalanches.

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rock falling on your head

It's fine - they bounce off.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTWHLVBievg

You just die if you fail to wear the fencing mask.

[mook]

^ that was quite clearly a cliff and you know it.

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Rock physics doesn't change whether you're in a mountain or a cliff, lad.  Rocks will bounce off your bonce and that's that.

[Natnar]

you can die from Cerebral Edema, lung edema, freezing to death, falling to death, strangled by rope, being pushed against rock face and suffocated because someone has fallen off the cliff and you're attached to that person, rock falling on your head and avalanches.

Maybe going mountain climbing when you're a conjoined twin isn't such a good idea after all.

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Actually I'd saying mountaineering with a conjoined twin would be a good idea.  You'd have more purchase with the two of you there clamping away on the mountainside, and there's no danger of one of you becoming suffocated by the weight of the other.

[mook]

Rock physics doesn't change whether you're in a mountain or a cliff, lad.  Rocks will bounce off your bonce and that's that.

you'll be claiming that buildings don't eat planes next.

[CaledonianGonzo]

It's a little known fact that George Mallory died choking on a peanut not 100 yards from the summit of Mt. Everest.

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you'll be claiming that buildings don't eat planes next.

Not at all (I mean I won't be claiming that)!

[RickyGerbail]

you can search for George Mallorys corpse on google.

[Buelligan]

Don't be so idiotic!  He died long before the internet even existed.

[RickyGerbail]

some other interesting facts and a speculation about death:

fact: if you fall from say a hundrer meters height, you will only be conscious of perhaps being 6 meters over the ground since the time it takes for the signal from your eyes to the brain takes too long to travel and you will have hit the ground before it reaches the consciousness.

spekulation: it's possible that if consciousness isn't needed for making decisions, a person that decides to shoot themselves in the head won't be consious of this because the bullet will kill them before the decision has been made conscious.

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fact: if you fall from say a hundrer meters height, you will only be conscious of perhaps being 6 meters over the ground since the time it takes for the signal from your eyes to the brain takes too long to travel and you will have hit the ground before it reaches the consciousness.

Is this what people mean by "you'll be dead before you hit the ground"?

spekulation: it's possible that if consciousness isn't needed for making decisions, a person that decides to shoot themselves in the head won't be consious of this because the bullet will kill them before the decision has been made conscious.

I think if you raised a gun to your head unconsciously and fired it, yes.  But "decision" implies you made a choice, which means consciousness has been involved in the process.

[Endicott]

Apparently it's possible to post to an internet forum without thinking at all.