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I was on the leadership team for a church youth camp into the high peaks of the Daks. These were for the most part first time backpackers and were teens. We had boys and girls in the same group. ...

Since I was the one who first brought up a "comparison" between hiking and other activities, it was not my intent to say one was more or less dangerous than another. Simply that there are dangers...

Every place has it's own dangers and challenges. Crossing the road is no less dangerous imo than hiking. This is not to diminish the tragedy, but in fact family and spouses who decide we are safer...