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How I Climbed V10 on the Boards at Age 53 - Climbing

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A climber shares how he managed to send V10 on the boards at age 53. He offers up 10 tips for improving your own board training.

How I Climbed V10 on the Boards at Age 53 Powered by Outside How I Climbed V10 on the Boards at Age 53 10 tips anyone can use to push their boarding grade Share Save (Photo: Matt Samet) Published March 3, 2025 09:07AM If you had told me as I pulled onto a MoonBoard for the first time at age 47 that six years later, I’d do my first double-digit problem on a board, I’d have smacked you upside the head with a stick brush. That’s because, during that first session, on the 2017 MoonBoard at the Boulder Rock Club, I could barely do the easiest problems: the V3 benchmarks. With an arrogance rooted in

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