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Friday math movie: Math of rock climbing

By Murray Bourne, 03 Sep 2010

OK - this is one thing you shouldn't try at home (well, without some serious training first).

Skip Garibaldi, mathematics professor from Emory University, explains fall factors and why sometimes a fall is going to hurt and other times it'll be just fine.

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