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Throwing Yourself at the wall

Throwing Yourself at the wall

Eventually there is always a task that cannot be sidestepped or brute-forced.

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Cole Noble
Jul 22, 2021
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When I first started climbing, there was a route at the local gym I badly wanted to complete. What started as a casual attempt became a compounding case of embarrassment: The more the problem defeated me, the more I needed to defeat it.

I can still picture the handhold that caused me so much grief. The little orange rectangle was just small enough to cu…

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