Climbing with no room for error

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you only have one opportunity on any of

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these routes your forearms are swelling

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your fingertips are losing grip it's

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incredibly High consequence if you slip

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you have to push your body past its

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limits to reach that

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top meet Brian zarella wait Brian where

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are

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you ah there you are I'm a three-time

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national champion I've also won two ifsc

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gold medals at World Cup events um as

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well as a couple silver bronze and a

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silver and a bronze at the IC World

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Championships events and he's competing

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at the US national par climbing

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championships but let's go back to the

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start I knew I wanted to coach Brian

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instantly a lot of times when working

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with people who have an amputation or uh

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a disability they climb a little more

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slowly a little more controlled just

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because you want to be really certain

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that every move you do is going to be

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stable but Brian had this amazing

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ability to just throw himself at holds

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uh in a way that