Climbing is what happens when you take a gym rat’s obsession with grip strength, remove the floor, and let gravity do its thing. There’s no bench to lie on, no belt to tighten, and no place to hide a weak link. You have to get your body up a wall using holds that sometimes look so bleak the edge of a credit card looks like it might offer more purchase. And if you screw up, you better hope your rope is knotted correctly.
That was on full display at the World Climbing Series bouldering finale in Salt Lake City, October 16-18. In the men’s final, Israel’s Yonatan Katz won gold on only his second start in the senior international series. He went…
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