Chapter 10Refactoring Your Fitness
John Gill is responsible for several advances in mathematics and computer science,[155][156][157] but he’s better known for his contributions to the sport of rock-climbing. Gill had an epiphany while taking a gymnastics class at Georgia Tech that led to a new style of climbing called bouldering. He saw how gymnasts practiced on their equipment, and began to think of the small cliffs in the North Georgia mountains as apparatuses instead of rocks.
Gill saw boulders, short but difficult climbing routes, as puzzles, and he began to look at himself as a gymnast instead of a mountaineer. To improve his bouldering skills, he supplemented his climbing regimen with exercises that emphasized all-around physical fitness; ...
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