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Don’t practice rock climbing, it’s bad for you, I’m telling ya’.
I have been climbing for some years already, so trust me when I tell you not to practice rock climbing — you’ll regret it.
First of all, once you have tried climbing, you won’t tolerate your mediocrity when doing other activities. After finding that one thing that really takes you to your absolute limit both physically and mentally, other, or previous passions, start feeling less exciting, less satisfying, or even a tad empty. You will get used to giving it your all at the wall, and not giving your best at other times will feel unsettling. Seeing what your body is capable of and noticing how you continue breaking mental limits of capacity and fear, your self-esteem will grow and get stronger.
And not only will your mind get stronger, but also your body. You will start getting sculpted beautifully by the hard exercise that climbing intrinsically puts you through. Due to this you will start having higher standards for yourself and your self-worth. You will care more about yourself and will feel even more miserable whenever you get injured, because not only do you get the pain of the injury, but you also get deprived of doing that which you love so much. Due to the risks and strains of climbing, you will get injured, and you will absolutely hate it.
