Climber resources

[john]

Here is some info on climbing related topics I put together for a safety course I teach.

And no, same as last time there are no motives here just posting it as I thought it was interesting. I get related questions all the time.

Climber Resources

http://www.animatedknots.com – Everything you want to know about knots including failure modes, data and animated tying instructions

http://storrick.cnchost.com/VerticalDev ... Home.shtml - History and view of rappel devices

http://www.needlesports.com/nutsmuseum/camsstory.htm - History and explanation of active climbing protection

http://www.needlesports.com/nutsmuseum/nutsstory.htm - History of passive climbing protection

http://www.therockzone.co.uk/therockzone/selfbelay.html - A guide to self belaying and fall arrest techniques

http://www.rockclimbing.com/articles/index.php?id=89 – How cams work (theory
brief)

http://www.vainokodas.com/climbing/cams.html - How cams work (theory detailed)

http://www.climbtennessee.com/train/fall.html - Discussion of impact force (with basic formulas) Note: The force simulator is simplified, oversimplified in some ways, but interesting

http://www.acmg.ca/ - Association of Canadian Mountain Guides

http://home.pacbell.net/takasper/slcd/valleygiant.html - Valley Giant cams

http://ajsm.highwire.org/cgi/content/full/28/5/674#R8 – Effects of finger taping, a medical study

http://www.usclimbing.org/links.php - Governing body in USA

http://www.uiaaclimbing.com – International climbing resource

Message boards:

http://www.climbeasterncanada.com/ - Eastern Canada
http://www.neclimbs.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi - New England
http://www.rockclimbing.com/forums/index.php?c=2 - USA
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/forum ... &b=0#forum - USA
http://www.gripped.com/forum/toast.asp - Canada (Ontario, western mainly)

[szymiec]

Dont forget about LTV!

Alberta Message Board:
http://www.live-the-vision.com

[chossmonkey]

I haven't had time to look at them all, but it looks like there are some good links there. There are few that seem to be out of date/service though.