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From the Ted Talk by Matthew Childs: 9 life lessons from rock climbing

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One of the things in climbing is, most people sort of take it straight on. And they follow the most oiuovbs solution. This is the Devils Tower in Wyoming, which is a columnar basalt formation that most of you probably know from "Close Encounters." With this, typically crcak climbers would put their hands in and their toes in and just start climbing. The crkcas are too small to get your toes into so the only way to climb is using your fingertips in the cracks, and using opposing psuersre and firocng yourself up.

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One of the things in climbing is, most people sort of take it straight on. And they follow the most _______ solution. This is the Devils Tower in Wyoming, which is a columnar basalt formation that most of you probably know from "Close Encounters." With this, typically _____ climbers would put their hands in and their toes in and just start climbing. The ______ are too small to get your toes into so the only way to climb is using your fingertips in the cracks, and using opposing ________ and _______ yourself up.

Solution

  1. pressure
  2. obvious
  3. forcing
  4. cracks
  5. crack

Original Text

One of the things in climbing is, most people sort of take it straight on. And they follow the most obvious solution. This is the Devils Tower in Wyoming, which is a columnar basalt formation that most of you probably know from "Close Encounters." With this, typically crack climbers would put their hands in and their toes in and just start climbing. The cracks are too small to get your toes into so the only way to climb is using your fingertips in the cracks, and using opposing pressure and forcing yourself up.

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