Okay, I'm not anti helmet but I am a proponent of using the right tool for the job. The problem I see with wearing a climbing helmet for sport climbing is that they seem to be designed for protecting your head from falling objects, so they either only cover the top of your head and / or they consist of a hard plastic shell suspended away from the head like a hard hat. If I am consciously concerned about flipping upside down and smacking my head on the wall or decking I would get a helmet much like vert skaters wear that is suited to protect the head from impacting stuff rather then stuff impacting the head.
Now if you want to wear a climbing helmet while sport climbing go for it but you might as well take up a bunch of long slings as well just in case.
i used to wear a helmet sport climbing but Kenny broke me of it. i am trying to get back into wearing it for many of the reasons stated here. we'll see if it works
Sand inhibits the production of toughtosterone, so get it out and send.
I wear a helmet caving, kayaking, mountain biking, and solo lead tree climbing, and considering sport climbing is probably less safe than any of those things, I wear one when I do that too.
"It is difficult to estimate the potential damage of solvents; therefore the middle of the rope should never be marked with a felt-tip pen or similar. Although a danger might be improbable, it should never be ignored." Mammut
There was that scene in hamburger hill when that soldier ran out of bullets and beat that guy to death with his helmet. Maybe members of the club should do that to anybody who gives them shit for wearing a helmet...
You can count me in the club, too. Maybe we should come up with a cool sticker for the helmet. Maybe a picture of a cracked egg with a circle and line through it. Maybe some reference to humpty-dumpty.
If you give a man a match, he'll be warm for a minute. If you set him on fire, he'll be warm for the rest of his life!
It puzzles me to how Humpty Dumpty could have been a king. I mean a system of government based on an embryo, then someone puts it on a wall and guess what? I mean ... ya know?
