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HISTORY-->Mechanical Advantage: Tools for the Wild Vertical Volume 1 and 2:

Between 2021-2023, I have been posting research articles on the historical tools and techniques of climbing on bigwallgear.com.

Below are links to PDF's of the compiled research (large files-tip: right click and select 'download file').

Mechanical Advantage, Volume 1 (mostly European developments)

Mechanical Advantage. Volume 2 (mostly North American and international developments to the 1950s)

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