Safety Kills | Fredrik Sträng | TEDxGöteborg

Is it possible to be Scandinavia’s foremost high altitude climber AND scared of heights? Fredrik has devoted his life to control the uncontrollable. He leaves nothing to the chance, and instead of relying on luck, he carefully calculates the risk of danger. In this talk, he discusses risk and fear, but not least people’s relationship towards it. How what we normally think of as risky, generally has no foundation in real life, probabilities nor statistics. By changing this assessment, he means that not only will we have a richer life, but also be able to make better decisions. Summit/death-rate statistics: With kind support of Eberhard Jurgalski http://www.8000ers.com Survey on 10 000 men & women in Sweden what their dream job is: Manpower “If so, why then is the result staggering when I ask people if they want to climb a mountain or rather have it climbed, and 95 % say that they rather have it climbed?”: Survey conducted of over 100 seminars. Fredrik Sträng is Scandinavia's foremost high altitude climber with more than nine peaks over 8000 m and a Guinness World Record under his belt. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx