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If you like clambering over rocks, but towering heights make you feel dizzy, you might want to consider giving bouldering a go. You will be climbing, but the maximum height involved is 4.5 metres – an elevation at which the thick floor mats will safely cushion any fall. A form of free climbing often performed indoors or on small rock formations, bouldering is no longer a niche sport and saw its Olympic premiere in 2021, says Fabian Pelzer, lecturer at the German University for Prevention and Health Management (DHfPG). If you fancy giving it a go, here are three questions answered before headin…

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