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    Crash and burn

    Sep 10, 2019 4 minutes
    BY YI SHUN LAI

    AFTER A LONG TIME AWAY, I’ve rejoined the world of indoor climbing. This is that relatively tame sport in which, in a semi-controlled environment, you strap on a bunch of gear and pretend you are on a cliff face with the eagles* and fresh air, when, really, it’s Black Sabbath from the in-gym stereo system and a bunch of chalk dust up your nose.

    I am lazy, and also impatient, with the idea of having to strap on a bunch of gear and communicate a bunch of things to a partner – partner! more gear – so I have opted to boulder instead. This is an

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