Reasons for moutain accidents can be objective or subjective. Objective accidents arise from objective dangers - these are dangers over which a hiker has no influence, since they exist in the environment. The hiker can, however, avoid these dangers or at least lessen their consequences by acting responsibly and using his theoretical knowledge and knowledge from past experiences. Subjective accidents on the other hand, are accidents which originate from the individual, so it's possible for everyone to influence them. Despite the fact that it's possible to influence subjective accidents, it turns out that they are more common than objective accidents. In my thesis, I first describe the characteristics of mountains followed by the most common dangers. The key part of my thesis are the statistical analysis of moutain accidents with fatalities, the goal of which was to find the structure of accidents, who was responsible for them and how they could have been prevented. The last part of my thesis includes my proposals on ways to prevent moutain accidents, as well as the interviews I have conducted with mountains experts. The proposals were the main goal of my work, since they could be used to reduce the number of moutain accidents and (hopefully) the number of fatalities as well. Despite the suggestions, the question who will be the instigator remains a problem. Currently Alpine association of Slovenia, one of the largest organisations in Slovenia, is the most active in the area of moutain safety. Alpine association would therefore probably be the most affective in bringing about change concerning moutain safety.
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