Actually, you could climb Rapunzel's hair

In the fairy tale, Rapunzel lets down her hair and a prince climbs up it so they can hook up, but it turns out it's not all that magical. According to Chris Gorski of the American Institute of Physics, one human hair can support about 3 1/2 ounces. The average blonde has about 140,00 hairs on her head so therefor...

3.5 ounces x 140,000 = 490,000 ounces or 30,625 lbs.

So yeah, it wouldn't be a problem at all, as long as she wrapped it around something first to alleviate the strain directly on the roots and her neck.


Gorski, Chris. "The Science of Fair Tales." LiveScience. 14 Feb. 2008. American Institute of Physics. 3 Mar. 2008 www.livescience.com/strangenews/080211-fairytales-science.html