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when life gets hard, climb harder

Hi my name is Bernardo Halperin and close to 4 years ago, I started something I’ll never stop. I started rock climbing. In my last year of high school, a good friend of mine introduced me to the local rock climbing gym, where I instantly fell in love with the sport. I always struggled in regular team sports, finding myself unmotivated and undedicated often never being able to fully commit myself. With rock climbing it was different, I found myself to be even more motivated because I was pushing myself individually. Whenever the going is tough, I would always take it out on the rocks.

Whenever I would find myself dealing with hardship, I would always resort to rock climbing. The gym provided myself with a space to think, reflect and convert my energy into something I can work on. Whenever I resorted to climbing in the gym I would focus on what I could work on and improve, pushing myself to new heights and focusing to change my reality of hardships. My life as a rock climber became a directly related to my life outside of the sport: when life got harder, I climbed harder.

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  1. Kurt HofmannJanuary 29, 2020 at 4:57 PM

    Hey Bernardo,

    I've personally gone to a rock climbing gym and will admit it is hard! A few of my close friends have really invested a lot of time in it and are always trying to improve and that has carried over to other aspects of their lives. Although I don't rock climb, I can relate to your use of the gym to deal with the hardships of life. I either play basketball or hit weights as a healthy release from the pressures and stresses from everyday life. It can take time to see progress but the reassurance one gets from the work in the gym is a great confidence boost. As one completes tougher climbs (or for myself heavier weights or longer runs) they thought impossible when they first began or even a few weeks ago, it gives one the reassurance that if they put the time and effort in; the results will follow. Keep on climbing to the top and wish you the best with your rock climbing progression and all other endeavors life has to offer you.

    Cheers!

    Kurt

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 30, 2020 at 5:36 PM

    Hello Bernardo,

    I really like the six word phrase you chose for the memoir. When I read it at first I didn't think it signified one of your passions which is rock climbing. I've always admired rock climbers. I think they have an amazing upper body strength and of course a lot of guts. Just as you deal with hardships by rock climbing I deal with them by going to the gym and by playing video games. Every time that I go to the gym I see the climbing wall set they have and I ask myself "am I capable of climbing it?" I'm confident I can, as you said "when life get harder, climb harder." In other words never give up and everything is possible. One day I would challenge myself to climb that wall.

    -Ramiro Ramirez

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