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+ Always be aware of the changing weather conditions in any alpine environment. Image by Daniel Chen IN 2017, 1,539,133 PEOPLE WENT TRAMPING FOR EVERY 279 TRAMPERS, 1 SOUGHT MEDICAL HELP FOR EVERY 3,109 TRAMPERS, 1 REQUIRED SEARCH AND RESCUE ASSISTANCE FOR EVERY 219,876 TRAMPERS, 1 NEVER MADE IT HOME 24//WHERE ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS/#219
The Tongariro Alpine Crossing has by far the most incidents, however it also caters for the highest number of visitors. 150,000 walk the Tongariro Crossing each year compared to 15,000 on the Milford Track. In 2018 the NZ Mountain Safety Council (MSC) produced a report called “A Walk in the Park? A deep dive into tramping incidents in New Zealand. It makes for some interesting reading on the statistics surrounding our most popular outdoor activity. In the ten years between 2007 and 2017, 57 people lost their lives in tramping accidents; 31 from falling, 21 from drowning, 6 from hypothermia and the remainder from avalanches and other such incidents. The role of the MSC is in preventing safetyrelated issues in land-based outdoor recreation. Fatalities due to natural cause or suicide were not analysed as they are not deemed to be safetyrelated issues. E.g. Gerd Wilde (case above) could have had his heart attack at any other point of his journey in NZ such as in a spa in Rotorua or walking along Queen Street. Of the 57 deaths, 32 were Kiwis and 25 were international visitors. The MSC noted that the most prominent causal factor of a fatality while tramping was competence, or lack of, attributing to 66% of the deaths occurring over the decade. Competence includes relevant experience, level of skill etc. The second most prominent causal factor was social and psychological factors; the state of mind of the tramper, which attributed to 62% of the fatalities; the desire to get to a destination, taking a 'short cut', or underestimation of risk were causes that factored highly. By comparison, weather and equipment were seen as the cause of only 32% and 28% of tramping deaths respectively. The other interesting information was where fatalities occurred as a result of ignoring advice, 88% were male. Not surprisingly, where fatalities occurred as a result of ignoring signs, 100% were international visitors. Many people have a strange way of weighing up risk against benefits and can convince themselves that everything will be alright, despite many obvious signs that it won’t be. This is also known as “confirmation bias” or underestimating the risk. MSC insights have discovered that this was a factor in at least 17% of tramping fatalities between 2007 and 2017. The fact that so many other people have “done the crossing” and do so every year gives people a false sense of the safety of the experience. Our tourism machine has done a great job of making people really want to have an experience, despite the risks involved. So what can we do with all this information? Hopefully the research can help us to make better decisions, be aware of where the risks lie and help us become better informed. It has also highlighted some specific solutions for the Tongariro Alpine Crossing ranging from more targeted advertising of alternative tracks in the area, improvements in parts of the track itself, through to the employment of full time rangers on the track to offer assistance and assess trampers progress, and the development of technology that would track trampers progress. However, the final buck stops with us. Will our egos allow us to make sure we take all risk assessments into consideration? Will our egos allow us to turn back if the weather is inclement? Will our egos allow us to admit that the exercise is outside our ability levels? Or will we make what could be a fatal error of judgement? ADVENTUREMAGAZINE.CO.NZ 25
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