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The relative safety levels of different ways of climbing depend upon if and how you use ropes. Learn why a cliffhanger dangling from a well-secured toprope has little to worry about, while a free soloist is gambling his or her life. TopropingWhat is toproping? Toproping means climbing while attached to one end of a rope that is anchored at the top of the wall or cliff. The climber’s partner controls the other end of the...

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