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Just How Hard is Olympic Sport Climbing?

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The men’s boulders, for instance, are as hard as V14. We caught up with Paris’s head Boulder setter to learn what strengths and skills a climber needs to grab gold.

https://www.climbing.com/competition/olympics/how-hard-is-olympic-sport-climbing/
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