Activity for Arne
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Historical data about rock climbing / bouldering ascents I am always interested in the history of rock climbing. Lately, I tried to collect data about male and female first ascents to visualize progression in rock climbing over time (I have a small blog Climbstat writing about climbing data and statistics). See below for some visualizations of the data I c... (more) |
— | almost 5 years ago |
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A: What are the advantages of being short when climbing? As other people already have mentioned here. In general, it is a disadvantage to be tall. If you look at height-performance profiles in rock climbing, they are generally downward-sloping (meaning the taller you are, the lower you performance on average). See the following graph I created (the first g... (more) |
— | almost 6 years ago |
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Train climbing with additional weight? What is your opinion: Does it make sense to train rock climbing wearying a weight vest or a small backpack carrying a small amount of weight (let's say 1-3kg or 2-6.5lb) to mimic the actual weight you carry with you outdoors? Why am I asking this question: Depending on what you are doing outdoors, y... (more) |
— | almost 6 years ago |