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The Miniaturization Of Climbing
http://semi-rad.com/2014/09/the-miniatu ... -climbing/

"a whole shitload of teenagers are hiking unbelievably hard boulder problems 15 feet high, an entire generation of climbers focusing on difficult, but short, climbing routes. If this ethos continues, when someone climbs V21, it could potentially be a one-inch-high boulder problem."

Hey, that article is dated. Cellphones are now big and wide again... though only millimeters thick

If this means the local crags get less traffic because people are lining up to fall on mattresses all day, I'm all for it!