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The Hidden Power of the Indoor Climbing Wall!

Although I started climbing when I went to university in my late teens, once I qualified and was working as a young hospital doctor I didn't keep it up. It wasn't until my mid-40s that I started again.

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Peter Judge
Nov 19, 2019
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Earlier this year at 76 years old, I was about to hang up my climbing shoes and call it a day. The effort of lugging a heavy rucksack filled with climbing gear into the hills to a crag was getting too much. Even places close to the road often required a steep, albeit short, slog. And then, there were various bits of equipment to carry on the climb. In f…

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