Rock climbing is getting more popular—and that concerns
With its Olympics debut, the once niche sport is highlighting the environmental impacts from an essential tool—climbing chalk.
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Rock climbing is getting more popular—and that concerns conservationists
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01. Main Ideas Questions - MAIN IDEAS Text 1 Yet the popularity of rock climbing and its sister - Studocu
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Bouldering
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Bouldering
Brooks Tait on LinkedIn: This is such an amazing idea!
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