Climbing resources

Post by **poser** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 4:15 pm

A free climbing screensaver:

http://www.mountaindays.net/downloads/s ... limber.php

Works with Vista, too.

Post by **poser** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 2:30 am

Why I have to give up climbing:

"Columnist Ed Blonz, who holds a Ph.D. in nutrition, puts it in perspective this way: Eating 100 charcoal-grilled steaks will statistically increase your odds of dying by one in a millionâ€”but so will rock climbing for 1.5 minutes, bicycle riding for 10 minutes, and being a 60-year-old man for 20 minutes. In other words, the risks are greatly overrated."

From this article about carcinogens: http://www.slate.com/id/2143573

How many climbing minutes have you clocked?

Post by **Myke Dronez** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 10:33 am

So you're advocating meat consumption?

Post by **poser** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 11:12 pm

How about some serious, scientific studies on training to climb....

Eric J. HÃ¶rst has a good collection: http://www.trainingforclimbing.com/new/research.shtml

Post by **ahab** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 4:04 pm

a brief history of active protection. "get high with a little help from your friends."

http://www.needlesports.com/nutsmuseum/camsstory.htm[/url]

Post by **poser** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 3:28 pm

ahab wrote:a brief history of active protection. "get high with a little help from your friends."

http://www.needlesports.com/nutsmuseum/camsstory.htm[/url]

Thanks, it's a good link.

The best collection of sports medicine articles for climbers that I've found is here:

http://www.athlon.com.au/articles.htm

Post by **poser** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 4:45 pm

If you've noticed how many climbers are mathematicians/physicists/engineers--or you are one of them--this is a fun read:

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.h ... wanted=all

Post by **poser** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 1:57 pm

A good safe bolting practices collection:

http://www.safeclimbing.org/education.htm

Post by **poser** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 11:56 pm

More bolting links:

For engineering types like the webers, ashtray, etc here's an analysis of chem bolts in sandstone:

http://www.chockstone.org/TechTips/SandstoneBolting.pdf

The Reader's Digest condensed version for the less mathematically inclined *grin*:

http://www.chockstone.org/TechTips/SandstoneBolting.htm

And, for those long, non-climbing winter nights that will soon be here, a bunch of less technical tips from the same site:

http://www.chockstone.org/TechTips.htm

Post by **Myke Dronez** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 12:43 am

Oh brother. 90 pages of bolt testing analysis? Coming from the guy who loves old rusty bolts and has rack that is literally a 'history of active protection'? We really do need to get out more.