[nubile]

Rock climbing with baby onboard.
Linky.

Quite funny that she says the baby doesn't need a helmet, though she wears one herself.

[Rich]

This "Lady" is clearly an idiot, of course the Baby needs a helmet!

[PeteMorris]

I would imagine that it would make her 'back and top heavy' which is surely a bit dodgy in itself. Imagine the kid going the 'guess who' thing while she's half way up!..

[mrseggy]

IMO Yes the baby should have has a helmet on, also what the baby stand to gain from this?. Yes i am all for getting the kids out (in all weathers!) exploring obviously the fresh air and exercise does them good and toughens them up!! . Some things have to be done baby free and rock climbing is one of them.

[Halibut]

Having read the article, no I don't think she is irresponsible.

Certainly no more so than anyone who drives with their baby the car.

[Muldoon]

Originally Posted by Rich

This "Lady" is clearly an idiot, of course the Baby needs a helmet!

Check out the first picture Rich, the rope is clearly going to the top of the climb, hence Top Roping. Barring falling rocks there is no risk at all..

[nubile]

Originally Posted by Halibut

Having read the article, no I don't think she is irresponsible.

Certainly no more so than anyone who drives with their baby the car.

I agree, to a point.
I'm wondering how the baby is secured, if it's just in the carrier and has no harness to hold it in place and the lady ends up upside down, which can happen, out goes baby.
You can't really tell from the pic.

[Muldoon]

Originally Posted by nubile

I agree, to a point.
I'm wondering how the baby is secured, if it's just in the carrier and has no harness to hold it in place and the lady ends up upside down, which can happen, out goes baby.
You can't really tell from the pic.

read my post above

[mrseggy]

Originally Posted by Halibut

Having read the article, no I don't think she is irresponsible.

Certainly no more so than anyone who drives with their baby the car.

But you would expect most people to belt a baby into a car in the same way you would yourself, but yet this lady didnt feel the need but a helmet on the little un..

I honestly do not see why she needs to do this with a baby strapped to her back , pre kids i enjoyed going out and getting sloshed! i still do, but i dont feel the need to take the kids along with me.

[nubile]

Originally Posted by Muldoon

read my post above

I have. ?

As with my harness, the attachment point is below the navel and above the crotch, top roping doesn't mean she can't end up upside down.

[Muldoon]

Hope this puts an end to the irresponsible adult jibes... ----> http://alumnus.caltech.edu/~sedwards...echniques.html

"My main motivation is keeping it fun for her and if she ever gets scared I'd never force her to try to do anything. She even has her own helmet and ropes."

[nubile]

Originally Posted by Muldoon

Hope this puts an end to the irresponsible adult jibes... ----> http://alumnus.caltech.edu/~sedwards...echniques.html

No, it doesn't, see my previous post.

[Halibut]

Originally Posted by nubile

I have. ?

As with my harness, the attachment point is below the navel and above the crotch, top roping doesn't mean she can't end up upside down.

Then let's hope the infant is securely fastened.

[splodgeyAl]

"100% safe" She clearly has a fabulous understanding of risk, then

[mrseggy]

Originally Posted by Muldoon

Hope this puts an end to the irresponsible adult jibes... ----> http://alumnus.caltech.edu/~sedwards...echniques.html

"My main motivation is keeping it fun for her and if she ever gets scared I'd never force her to try to do anything. She even has her own helmet and ropes."

She should have put it her on then.

[cressida]

Well I'm glad my mother never took me rockclimbing - a decision too far for me I'm afraid

[HeadingNorth]

Originally Posted by mrseggy

But you would expect most people to belt a baby into a car in the same way you would yourself, but yet this lady didnt feel the need but a helmet on the little un..

Are there, I wonder, any likely scenarios in which a helmetless baby would die but a one wearing a helmet would have lived?

In any fall, it's almost certainly going to die either way, so the wearing of a helmet might not actually be of any use. (That said, if I were ever inclined to do any helmet-required activity while carrying a baby, I would have given said baby a helmet without ever thinking about if it was necessary or not.)

[MrSmith]

Originally Posted by nubile

Rock climbing with baby onboard.
Linky.

Quite funny that she says the baby doesn't need a helmet, though she wears one herself.

I wouldn't like to be hit in the face with the helmet, and I have fallen on several occasions and even with the safety equipment it still hurts when you bounce off the rock face.

[Frank Sidney]

She's an idiot. Anyone who doesn't think so, is an idiot.

[Mercurian]

Subjecting a child to unnecessary risks has always been a foolish thing to do.