It was not my intention to argue. I do take issue with the idea that practicing on a pad for hours will help hikers except that it might help make on more agile. Of course being in shape before taking off on a back packing trip I think would be the rule. I do not think one anecdotal experience of someone being agile as a cat in a fall means anything more than what occurred one time and may or may not be duplicated in another situation.

The reason I got involved in this thread was because of one post which disagreed with using common sense rather than trying to learn from accidents as a strategy for becoming a better cyclists.

I know this, this thread will cause me to stop looking around as much as I tend to do. I need to pay better attention to the road ahead.