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Zofia Reych shares an extract from their newly-released book Born to Climb: From Rock Climbing Pioneers to Olympic Athletes by Vertebrate Publishing.

'I still climb and I will probably do so for as long as I can – but it is no longer the one driving force behind everything I do. Without an overambitious goal in front of me, I would be lying if I said I didn't feel a little lost. But I'm excited to find out what makes me tick, and where I'll go without a clear roadmap.

Perhaps all this is only me fluctuating between the heroic and aesthetic approaches to climbing: having been driven by the achievement, maybe now I'll be in it for the joy of the experience.'

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Is this a single extract or bits from different chapters or something?

I've just finished reading this book. I find more and more with climbing books I loose focus quite quickly, but not with this one, I really couldn't put it down. It is an absolute delight. For me it's more about the writing style then the subject matter, and Zofia makes the words flow so well. Top effort