SirSourdough

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Ok, I hate to be that guy, but I took a camel ride with my girlfriend in Broome two summers ago, and it was great - except that towards the end of our ride a mother and her young daughter were bucked from a camel in front of us, and I think the mother ended up being hurt fairly badly.

So I've got three questions:

How dangerous is riding camels?

As a rider, what should you do to minimize your chances of pissing off the camel and getting bucked?

If a camel starts to buck what should you do to stay on and try to calm the camel down?

To be fair, the ride was super mellow otherwise. It seemed like a crazy fluke incident at the time as /u/pumpedupkikx said. Just one of those times that someone took a really small risk and didn't entirely get away with it.

From talking to her husband the next day it sounded like she might have broken some bones in her back but they weren't entirely sure at the time how serious it was. It sounded like the daughter came away ok. It's a pretty long fall off a camel for a small kid, so we were happy to hear that at the time.

I'd be interested in seeing comparative completion rates for bootcamps vs 2 year vs 4 year degrees, as well as the sorts of prospects available to grads from each. My guess is that you are correct that the value proposition for bootcamps can be a lot better than for 4 year degrees, but that the money that people spend on bootcamps is more often wasted for a variety of reasons. I'd be curious to see some more concrete numbers on that though.