It so happens I was on warfarin when I bought my first boat, and not wishing to become a vegetable due to bleeding on the brain caused by a slight whack of the boom, I chose to wear a cycling helmet. I came off warfarin a few years later, but continued with the helmet.
Well I am tempted to say good for you but as I live and work amongst climbers and they tell me that wearing a helmet is as much to protect against falling stones etc as it is against bashing your head if you fall I am not sure I believe you. However as I am not a climber you can argue what you like - I just repeated what my local experts tell me. I was trying to think of an obvious place where a helmet is common sense for most people - and apparently I failed as it doesn't seem to be common sense to you.
]. Of course, the Outdoor Centres will insist on helmets, that's like learning to sail without appreciating how the wind changes.
Depends where you climb. On many of the Peak District edges [Stanage/Froggatt/Roaches etc] there is very little loose rock, but many situations where a fall can result in banging the head. On limestone there will be more loose rock, also sea cliffs, especially after a hard winter, where people may choose to wear a helmet, but these are much less frequented than the gritstone edges [God's own rock
Of course it's up to people to make their own minds up, but it's a sad reflection on society where youngsters are brought up in a nanny-state where nothing can be allowed to go wrong or be uncomfortable. Another pathetic example is the widespread use of wetsuits by kids on the beach in summer.
