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Abbas Rajabpour Posted 8 years ago
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Hanging on by his fingertips to an edge of rock as thin as a coin, shoes resting on mere ripples in the rock, professional climber Alex Honnold is attempting something no one has ever tried before.


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Professional climber Alex Honnold is hanging on by his fingertips to an edge of rock as thin as a coin. His shoes are resting on mere ripples in the rock. He is attempting something no one has ever tried before.

  • Professional climber Alex Honnold is hanging on by his fingertips to an edge of rock as thin as a coin.
  • His shoes are resting on mere ripples in the rock.
  • He is attempting something no one has ever tried before.
  • Can you understand it now?
  • If not, which parts do you not understand?
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Professional climber Alex Honnold is hanging on by his fingertips to an edge of rock as thin as a coin. His shoes are resting on mere ripples in the rock. He is attempting something no one has ever tried before.

Can you understand it now? If not, which parts do you not understand?

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A picture is worth a thousand paraphrases.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2011/05/yosemite-climbing/

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