He recovered from injury sufficiently to play the three live Tests and was at the batsman throughout, jarring hands with balls that would climb from a length.
After this, an additional 30 g weight was added, until a load was reached with which the rat could not climb the entire length of the ladder.
The geologist was planning to climb Kilimanjaro (the lengths some men will go to get away from me).
With these engagement mechanisms, the system is able to climb at 1 body-length per second on acrylic with a 70-degree incline.
Difficult single-pitch (one rope length) climbs flank roadside crags.
With 10,461m of climbing over its length, there's plenty to challenge anyone, however fit.
After climbing nearly the length of a football field, cresting the top of Cathedral Ledge was thrilling.
I walk their length, climbing horizontally, my hands grasping branch forks, among mosses and fruiting lichens, where only bird feet and squirrel paws have gripped before.
Taken collectively, these robots have traversed simple paths, run with several different gaits (hop, run, trot, pace, bound), run fast (13 mph), jumped over obstacles, controlled step length, climbed a simplified stairway, and performed rudimentary gymnastic maneuvers.
My introduction to a few of them was in the lower gorge, downstream from the suspension bridge, where there are relatively easy, single-pitch routes (they are short enough – about 50m – to be climbed on one length of rope).
