Climbing
Via ferrata is not safe climbing, and the difference matters
Steel cable and rungs make exposed terrain accessible to people without climbing skills. They also introduce failure modes that ordinary climbing does not have.
Topic
fall factor
Every Extreme Sports Adventures article tagged fall factor — 2 pieces across 2 sections.
Gear & Kit
Ropes: dynamic, static, dry-treated and what the numbers mean
A rope has more specifications printed on its tag than almost any other piece of climbing kit. Most of them are quietly ignored, and two of them genuinely change how safe your system is.