Everyone thinks they are a bad ass!
Outside Magazine crunched the numbers and consulted the pros to answer the perennial barstool debate
But how can we quantify which one is actually the toughest? Here’s how: Outside Magazine chose five competitive sports that we feel are tough to learn, can be dangerous to perform, and require a high degree of skill and fitness.* We then looked at at peer-reviewed research and compared calories burned per hour, the average number of injuries per 1,000 hours of an athlete’s activity, and fatality rates. Finally, we asked a panel of world-class athletes to weigh in on what makes their vocations so tough and to vote for the sport, besides their own, that they think is the hardest.
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