When you’re 70 feet up an overhanging rock face, the absolute last thing you want to be worrying about is your rope. It is one of the most essential parts of your rock-climbing kit. You’re not Alex ...

Rock and mountain climbers rely on strong, yet elastic ropes to keep them safe should they happen to fall. Now mathematicians at the University of Utah have come up with an equation to design an ideal ...

Ropes are a rock climber’s lifeline, but they’re not perfect. They can protect climbers from fatal falls, for example, but they don’t do much to stop the adventurers from jerking uncomfortably after a ...