- Right after school I just like try to like run to the gym,

so I can climb (laughs).

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It's a dangerous sport

but the only thing that I'm afraid of

is not being able to get to the top.

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With climbing I don't think that

it really matters with how big you are.

If you're smaller, you can hold on longer

and your hands might be smaller

so it can fit more fingers on holds.

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I started climbing in Central Park

when I was six years old.

Now I don't think I could like live without it.

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When you're close to the top

of the climb you're trying to do

you forearms usually feel like they're gonna explode

and they're gonna like burst open.

You feel like you have to let go,

but with climbing you just can't let go.

I think that climbing is,

it's obviously a sport, but it's also like a dance.

You sort of have to be able to like flow up the wall

and come up with your own technique to get to the top.

I think people are shocked if I do something

that they can't do or something,

because I'm still really young, and I'm a girl.

So, like, doing something that even if a guy can't do

is pretty special (laughs).

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