by al78 » Fri Apr 15, 2022 11:36 pm
This is a difficult one. Your partner's response is emotional, not logical, so throwing statistics at her is unlikely to achieve anything. I have the same issue with my family and me cycling on the road, which unfortnuately was reinforced when I was nearly killed a few years ago when cycling to work. If it were me, I would have a heart-to heart discussion with her and try to get her to reveal what the core of the problem is. If you have bagged over 200 munros, that in itself must demonstrate that a) hiking up hills is not a dangerous activity, and b) if you have managed that without incident, you clearly have good experience in a variety of conditions and are competant at risk assessment. What you could do is whenever you go off on a walk in a remote area where you are unlikely to get a phone signal, give her a time when you will be in contact, that time being when you know you will be close enough to civilisation that you will be able to phone or text.