Is rock climbing dangerous? To the uninitiated, it certainly appears so. After all, we're talking about a pursuit that involves attaching a rope to yourself and scaling near vertical cliffs above drops that would potentially kill you if you fell without protection. So, those thinking about giving it a go would be well within their right to ask: is rock climbing dangerous?
However, millions of people rock climb worldwide, so surely it can't be that dangerous? It's a pretty standard activity on children's residential trips and, if you take a trip to a well known crag on a sunny day, you'll find loads of people attached to a rope, battling their way upwards.
