Trevor Dick Rock Climbing (IMAGE)

University of Utah

Trevor Dick Rock Climbing

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Trevor Dick, shown rock climbing with a rope in Parley's Canyon near Salt Lake City, is among four University of Utah mathematicians who published a new study showing it is mathematically possible to design an ideal, dynamic climbing rope that would brake a falling climber like the gradual application of brakes decelerate an automobile.

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Justin Boyer, University of Utah

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