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Next generation protection or the end of climbing?

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 climbwhenready 19 Nov 2014
http://news.sciencemag.org/biology/2014/11/gecko-inspired-adhesives-allow-p...

"Gecko-inspired adhesives allow people to climb walls", say scientists. There's a nice video.

For now, though, it only works on smooth surfaces.....
 ChrisBrooke 19 Nov 2014
In reply to climbwhenready:

> For now, though, it only works on smooth surfaces.....

Could work on slate then. Or Stoney Middleton.
 ianstevens 19 Nov 2014
In reply to climbwhenready:

You mean the same way the car has stopped people cycling?
Wiley Coyote2 19 Nov 2014
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The production values in Mission Impossible were better tho
 The Lemming 19 Nov 2014
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This chap did quite well
youtube.com/watch?v=Wy3SuhEQHVg&

In reply to Wiley Coyote:

yeah, and if Tom Cruise had used these ones I think it would have taken him several days looking at the speed of things
 colinakmc 19 Nov 2014
In reply to climbwhenready:

Could be interesting. The Italian ceramic tile industry could sponsor the tiling of the Dolomites....
 Timmd 19 Nov 2014
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Climbers could always decide they're unethical, I guess, so something like that needn't be.
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