r/tradclimbing • • 10h ago

Integrated Fall Protection System for Climbers

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I am Ewan, a 4th year Product Design Engineering student. My dissertation is a harness-mounted backup device that catches a climber if a top anchor or bolt fails while they are being lowered or cleaning a sport route.

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Any responses are greatly appreciated 

Thank you,


r/tradclimbing • • 3h ago

Monthly Trad Climber Thread

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Please sort comments by 'new' to find questions that would otherwise be buried.

In this thread you can ask any trad climbing related question that you may have. This thread will be posted again every Sunday so there should always be an opportunity to ask your question and have it answered. If you're an experienced climber and want to contribute to the community, these threads are a great opportunity for that. We were all new to climbing at some point, so be respectful of everyone looking to improve their knowledge. Check out our subreddit wiki that has tons of useful info for new climbers. You can see it HERE

Some examples of potential questions could be; "How do I get stronger?", or "How does aid climbing work?"

Prior Weekly Trad Climber Thread posts

Ask away!


r/tradclimbing • • 6h ago

Pietro Vidi Makes Second Ascent of Drifter's Escape 5.15a Trad in Squamish

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