if I go down a slide but instead of carrying on to the end, I grip the sides and stop myself: where does my momentum go?

Question

I had crap science teachers so forces in physics never really made sense to me. I understand that my momentum has a kind of energy to it…so if I stop myself on the slide where does that energy go?

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Answer 1

I would assume all the momentum gets stopped by the palm of your hands through friction and your own muscular and skeletal structures