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Re:Alex Honnold Scales El Capitan Without Ropes, and the Cli... by ghshephard on Wednesday June 07, 2017 @12:55PM (#14507933)
Your average mortality rate is off by 10x. Mortality rate for a 31 year old in the United States is 104/100,000 or 0.104%/year.

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/dvs/mortfinal2007_worktable23r...

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Re:Alex Honnold Scales El Capitan Without Ropes, and the Cli... by arcticfox on Thursday June 08, 2017 @03:15PM (#14516406)
Ah, so that would make my estimate ~100x. Thanks
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