Climb Smart: Prioritizing the Technical and Mental Aspects of Climbing
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In the spring of 2015, I stood at the base of Blue Suede Shoes, a notorious old-school V5 in Yosemite Valley’s Camp 4. Despite my trying for the better part of an hour, the send eluded me no matter how hard I crimped on the tiny handholds. “It’s only V5,” I thought with increasing frustration. “I ...