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The Best Thing I Ever Did for My Climbing Was Quit - Climbing

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I told all my partners, somewhat vaguely, that I was taking a year off. But secretly I knew I was quitting climbing for good.

The Best Thing I Ever Did for My Climbing Was Quit Powered by Outside The Best Thing I Ever Did for My Climbing Was Quit Sometimes the only way to become a better athlete is to step away—and to never look back. Share Save The author out for a hike. Published September 27, 2023 07:16AM When I first started climbing at the age of 20, I convinced myself that the best way to get good was to climb all the time. After all, that’s what all my heroes were doing. All those people on the internet. All those women on the posters, those men dangling from leathery fingertips in the Climbing Magazine ads. T

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