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AlthoughNevertheless, it is still remains as an unusual one, given the fact that there are very few people interested in this sport.

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That was untill I watched some spectacularincredible videos of Adam Ondra, one of the best athletes in this sport, when I came to realised how wrong I was.

After such a prominent revelation did I becoame interested in and searched for the closest climbing wall to my village.

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I found one in Marchena, just 10 kilometers away.

Kilometers = US spelling
Kilometres = Rest of World spelling
Note that in the US, they use Miles, so it's not common to read "kilometers".

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It is hard to explain, but contrary to popular belief, it leadgives you to a kind of Zzen or meditationve state in which you are highly concentrated on presthe present moment.

TherebyAs such, any intrusive thought disappears while you are managtrying to go up, hold after hold.

Thereby es muy formal y no se usa al principio de una frase.

Regarding the sort of people linked to this sport, it is frequently associated with fearless and outgoing personalities, yebut I would say there is not such stereotype.