The Math of Rock Climbing [Video]

You dont need a connoisseur degree to stone climb, but it doesnt hurt.

Skip Garibaldi is a arithmetic professor from Emory University who knows how to make his subject severely interesting.

In this video, Professor Garibaldi explains tumble factors, a mathematical concept vicious to staying protected in stone climbing, illustrating it with stories of some of a gear-blowing whippers hes taken while stone rock rock climbing El Capitan. Also included have been a rundown of a supposed ape index, as well as a single of a usually indoor simul-climbing demos Ive ever seen.

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