- Rock climbing is a battle between friction and gravity, as a climber grabs a handhold, they push down which means the friction force pushes up in the opposite direction, thus allowing the climber to move upwards.
- In order to maximize the amount of friction, climbers will use often specialized climbing shoes I'll elaborate in the next links, as well as use chalk. Often climbers will use chalk, although its debatable that chalk will help increase friction, it helps reduce sweat on pants which will mean more friction.
F= µ times R
F = Friction
µ = coefficient of friction
R = resultant force(added forces)
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