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PHUKET, THAILAND - NOVEMBER 14:  A competitor from Indonesia trains during a Sport Climbing practice session during the 2014 Asian Beach Games at Saphan Hin on November 14, 2014 in Phuket, Thailand.  (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

“Failure Training” in LA

One of our LA members recently opened up on Lifehacker about a quirk of rock climbing: the necessity of failure for improvement. In her article “How Rock Climbing is Helping Me Get Over My Fear of Failure,” Stephanie Lee outlines how climbing (and falling) at LA Boulders and Cliffs of Id has helped her to remember that…