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“Am I Dead or Alive?”: Rock Climbing Star Overcame a Near-Fatal Electrical Shock Once to Achieve an Insane Feat – EssentiallySports

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The general notion is that hands are something you can’t do without when you’re rock climbing. The majority of rock climbing involves a person hanging off the face of a cliff, depending on their hands and their feet to hold their weight so that they don’t fall to their death. The idea of climbing mountains with dysfunctional hands seems insane. But the aptly named Melissa Strong has done exactly that!

After losing many of her finge…….

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How to Train Low Intensity Endurance for Rock Climbing – Climbing – Climbing Magazine

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In part 1 of this series (“Want Endurance This Spring? Do Power Endurance Intervals” ) I showed how to use an interval program to train for power endurance. In this article, we’ll take a look at how to train low-intensity endurance for longer routes. This crucial yet easily ignored area of training provides the key to recovering on the fly.

Background

Low-intensity endurance refers to c…….

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Stone Summit’s Adaptive Climbing Clinic breaks down barriers to … – Atlanta Magazine

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Photograph by Johnathon Kelso

Hey, climbers. Reminder that the gym closes in 15 minutes. It’s a Wednesday night, and Stone Summit Climbing and Fitness Center is crowded. The P.A. announcement is barely audible over the chatter filling the gym. “You better be watching this,” Michael Breed shouts down to his climbing partner from halfway up the wall.

“He never gets tired of that joke.” Gene Whitehead’s to…….

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Baylor professor conquers rock climbing world record – The Baylor Lariat

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Mr. Pruss scaled the wall for a total of 928 meters to break the world record. Photo courtesy of Alexander Pruss.

By Dylan Fink | Staff Writer

On Saturday Dec. 6, while the Baylor community prepared for final exams, Baylor professor Dr. Alexander Pruss was out ascending world records previously held by a Texas A&M University alumni.

Aside from being a member of Baylor’s philosophy department and th…….

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Madison-based adaptive climbing program allows the sport to be accessible to all – WMTV – NBC15

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MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) -Boulders Climbing Gym on Madison’s eastside offers an adaptive climbing program, that makes the sport of rock climbing accessible to all ages and abilities.

The workshop held on the last Sunday of each month, is led by Boulders employees and volunteers, who brought the program to fruition back in 2014.

Certain climbing routes…….

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Registration Now Open For 2023 Los Alamos Mountaineers … – Los Alamos Daily Post

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The Mountaineers climbing schools date to the late 1950s. Shown here is a climber on the Portrillo Cliffs in the early 2010s. Courtesy/Mountaineers 

By BILL PRIEDHORSKYLos Alamos Mountaineers

The Los Alamos Mountaineers are thrilled to bring back a full, month-long climbing school, for the first time since 2017. For decades, the school was a significant event for the community and the club, and brought one generation after a…….

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Registration Now Open For 2023 Los Alamos Mountaineers … – Los Alamos Daily Post

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The Mountaineers climbing schools date to the late 1950s. Shown here is a climber on the Portrillo Cliffs in the early 2010s. Courtesy/Mountaineers 

By BILL PRIEDHORSKYLos Alamos Mountaineers

The Los Alamos Mountaineers are thrilled to bring back a full, month-long climbing school, for the first time since 2017. For decades, the school was a significant event for the community and the club, and brought one generation after a…….