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A Physics of Rock climbing course 9-Jan-2011 At 12:00:47 PM Richard

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Course Description
SP.255 is a lecture, discussion, and project based seminar about the physics of rock climbing. Participants are first exposed to the unsolved problems in the climbing community that could be answered by research and then asked to solve a small part of one of these problems. The seminar provides an introduction to engineering problems, an opportunity to practice communication skills, and a brief stab at doing some research. This seminar explicitly does not include climbing instruction nor is climbing/mountaineering experience a prerequisite.

strange..I would have thougt the "physics" of rock climbing should be about how a climbers body uses and maximises the muslce-skelton contruction (anatomy) of a human to minimise the power/strength needed to climb. i.e how physics of human anatomy are exploited. Maybe the wording "Participants are first exposed to the unsolved problems in the climbing community that could be answered by research and then asked to solve a small part of one of these problems" does not imly this sort of content. I 'd be much more interested in who the instructor is, and what;s he's trying to teach, than who took the pic. How does communication be a part of a physics topic??

(And how can you actualy learn somthing about rock climbing physics if you never done it.. given experince is not required. makes we wonder what real value would exist in an academic course for a climber..)

I really wonder if this course really covers any thing that could be described as physics.

Cheers...