The risks and rewards of climbing

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pretty

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obvious you can tear muscles you can

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tear up your skin it can just beat up

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your body so I've personally broken

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bones doing it but I think one of the

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things that makes climbing unique is

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that it's also a slow sport where you

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actually have time every time you make a

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move and so you have to weigh choices

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constantly because consequence is high

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how are you going to manage that and

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scoring is simple each hold is numbered

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so the higher you climb the higher you

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score

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as you go higher and higher each move is

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harder till the last move of the climb

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which a lot of times in competitions is

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going to be after 45 50 ft of climbing

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you're going to have to just throw and

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catch and jump and swing to it at the

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top of the wall whoever's the strongest

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whoever's the best whoever is most

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composed is going to be the one on

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top

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and in first place taking home the gold

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winning