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Why has one of Edinburgh's best views been off-limits for seven years? (www.bbc.co.uk)
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Cause HES are eejits! Rockfall has been a feature of the path for centuries. Stick up some signs and tear down the gates. This isn't a hard thing to do!

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[–] bear@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

”The section with the highest and intolerable risk has an estimated probability of a fatality from a rockfall event of one in 4,886.”

I think your interpreting that incorrectly, and much too high.

I suspect there are a lot more visitors than rockfall events.

[–] yakko@feddit.uk 3 points 2 weeks ago

I hope so! In a touristy town like Edinburgh that could easily be a fatality per day. More even, during the Fringe.