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This was a fun read. The history of the word "Beta". Good stuff.
Sport Climbing in the Early Days:
I’m a sucker for climbing history tidbits.
You know those shiny gadgets, techy techniques, and bizzled training facilities we use to hone our sport climbing? Well, guess what: they weren’t invented in a vacuum. A few eureka moments, plus years of refinement, led to the tricks, tools, and techniques we take for granted when we’re out bolt-wrasslin’ today.
10 Things You Didn’t Know about Sport Climibng’s Early Days
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( via http://www.climbing.com/news/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-sport-climbings-early-days/ )
Everything besides the drinking thing... That's just weird lol
Do all climbers do the thing?
Where you pull open a door with a solitary ring finger.
Pick up a mug between your thumb and pinkie, take a sip, put it down, pick it up with your thumb and ring finger, take a sip, put it down, pick it up again with your thumb and index etc, etc,
Stand in doorways gripping the top of the frame and clenching distractedly rocking on tip toes whilst conversing with people.
Carry like 8 bags of groceries with a single finger and absent-mindedly flex your grip.
It’s not that you think about doing it before hand, you just kinda do it?
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