BMC Helmet Campaign Video

21st June, 2012

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Do you wear a helmet? This year the BMC's helmet campaign aims to educate climbers and help them make their own informed decision about whether to wear a helmet or not. They have now brought out a short video exploring this topic.

Here the BMC introduce their new video:

"In 2012 the British Mountaineering Council (BMC) launched a Helmet Campaign. The aim of this campaign is to raise awareness amongst climbers and mountaineers about climbing helmets, and to help them decide when to wear one or not.

In this video we interview climbers at Stanage Edge, England's most popular crag, to find out about their attitudes to wearing helmets, and we discuss the different kinds of helmet on offer. We ask climber Neil Bentley about why he chose to wear a helmet on the first ascent of Equilibrium, the UK's first E10, and find out how a serious head injury affected his life, after an accident on the Marmolada in the Dolomites."

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Comments

21 Jun, 2012

How interesting that a range of opinions about when to wear a helmet was included. Good video.

Will Hunt

21 Jun, 2012

Not sure if its just me. The video doesn't seem to be working (seems to be a Vimeo problem?)

Dangerous Dave

22 Jun, 2012

The guy from the BMC comes across very poorly and doesn't convince you he knows what he is talkin about.

sheavi07

22 Jun, 2012

Yes totally agree. The BMC should have spent our money on a professional presenter who gave the impression he knew what he was taking as opposed to their technical officer who does know what he's talking about.

ericinbristol

22 Jun, 2012

miaow! How about BG "Here [puff, pant!] I am about to take my [puff pant!] life in my hangs by [puff, pant!] while being [slyly top-roped] up a truly deadly unstable rock formation that [puff pant!] here at the Roaches known as Maud's [puff pant!] Garden. Bit of it [puff, pant!] could rip apart [puff-pant!] at any moment which is why I [puff pant!] have a helmet [puff pant!] strapped to each arm". etc.

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