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Re:Alex Honnold Scales El Capitan Without Ropes, and the Cli... by justinator on Tuesday June 06, 2017 @07:38PM (#14502496)
Climbers do this type of analysis too. Accident are reported,filed, and are published in a yearly volume. You can also search online:

http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/

It's a great supplement to experience,

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Re:Alex Honnold Scales El Capitan Without Ropes, and the Cli... by eeZi on Tuesday June 06, 2017 @08:07PM (#14502654)
German equivalent, must read if you're a climber and know the language: http://www.bergundsteigen.at/

Austria, Switzerland and Germany have a very long rock climbing history (unsurprisingly), and their respective climbing associations are obsessed about safety.

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