For the latter, many have turned to 3D printers to create more rock-like climbing grips but plastic doesn’t tend to behave the same as rock unless you do what [Giles Barton-Owen] did and ...

Objectives: To determine if rock climbing is a significant factor in the development ... While ascending a wall or rock face, rock climbers use a number of different hand holds to support a large ...

Background: The sport of rock climbing has its own spectrum of injuries, almost half of which involve the wrist and hand. Objective: To examine the incidence of acute wrist and hand injuries in 545 ...