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on bouldering and fake fighting

2 on bouldering and fake fighting Sasha Chapin Feb 21, 2023 10 Share —I was watching my friend Jeffrey do really impressive bouldering, and I was awestruck, but then I was like, this is silly —And then I was impressed by myself doing a non-trivial move, and I was like, what sort of stupid bullshit is this —Beautiful day in California and here we are leaping around like bunny rabbits on artificial walls with plastic holds, this is so fake —But then I realized: much of what I admire as “real, gritty sport” is fake, in the sense that it has highly artificial constraints —Like, I make fun of aikid

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