Category: Alpine Climbing & Mountaineering
Category: Alpine Climbing & Mountaineering
Research on mountain guiding and mountaineering techniques.
ORTOVOX Safety Academy
A Partnership with Safety
We're proud to be partnering with Mountain Adventure and Ortovox to bring you the ORTOVOX Safety Academy — free, interactive, digital labs — Lab Rock, Lab Ice and Lab Snow.
Author: Elke Braun-Elwert
Published: 13 Feb 2026
Pendulum Fall Calculator
An online tool to calculate forces generated during a pendulum fall with midpoint anchor failure
This calculator estimates peak forces during a steep traverse fall, including the effects of an intermediate anchor and a worst-case failure of that…
Author: Elke Braun-Elwert
Published: 17 Dec 2025
Mechanical Advantage Calculator
An online tool to calculate component forces in pulley systems
This tool has been set up to allow users to calculate the mechanical advantage of a pulley system, while taking into account friction of its various components.
Author: Elke Braun-Elwert
Published: 10 Mar 2016