Rock climbing seems like a high risk sport. One slip and you fall to your death. Yet football, and handball are significantly more likely to result in much the same injuries as climbing. But of course, we’re afraid of dying, and nobody is dying from football. What we’re not seeing is that almost no one ever dies from climbing, and every death from climbing is caused by equipment misuse or lack of training. In this talk I’ll show you how to do the IT equivalent of climbing mountains without falling to your death or even risking a broken ankle!