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Chapter 2: Tap-Tap-Twist

Climbing Gold

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The Origins of Climbing

Climbing in the early 70s was changing. Climbers had begun to view rock as a finite resource. In 1972, legendary climbers Yvonne Sinard and Tom Frost began selling chocks. They were these new metal wedges that required no hammer. It was branded as clean climbing. This was the future.

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