I was thinking the other day about how sports tend to get safer as we learn more about them, I'm sure it is true that BASE has progressed a lot from the earlier days, and is a safer sport than when it began, (not that I am in any way saying that BASE is a safe sport, it is without a doubt a dangerous sport that you have to be on top of your game to take part in). I was also thinking about the ways in which sports get safer, safer equipment, safer techniques, more knowledge about what can go wrong, often because it has gone wrong... and new methods of dealing with problems that can arise. Learning from our mistakes, if you will.
Take motorsports for example, back in the 60s and 70s it was considered to be a very very dangerous sport, it would not be rare for 3 or 4 drivers in a top series to lose their lives each year. As equipment and knowledge improved and grew, today, although not a safe sport, it is many, many times safer than it was in those days.
My question to discuss is, do you think BASE will continue to get safer? If so to what extent, where does it, if it does, become impossible to get safer? What do you think will be the main aspects making it safer...gear...knowledge...something else... and how do you think it would change the sport if it were to become safer, to whatever extent.
