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mfcorey1

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Thu Oct 10, 2019, 05:48 AM Oct 2019

Trump Boasted That His Border Wall Was 'Virtually Impenetrable.' Then an 8-Year-Old Girl Climbed a R

When President Donald Trump announced that his signature wall at the U.S.’s southern border would be “virtually impenetrable” while visiting San Diego last month, Rick Weber, who co-founded the Muir Valley rock climbing park in Rogers, Kentucky, was listening.

“You don’t tell a bona fide rock climber something’s impossible to climb,” Weber tells TIME.

Weber took the President’s claim as a challenge. He says he constructed his own replica of the wall, relying on the wall’s official dimensions as well as recent images of the structure. This weekend, Weber is planning to invite climbers attending the “Rocktoberfest” rock climbing festival at the nearby Red River Gorge canyon system in Kentucky to climb the model. Guests will be challenged to compete to climb up and over the wall in the fastest time.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/trump-boasted-that-his-border-wall-was-virtually-impenetrable-then-an-8-year-old-girl-climbed-a-replica/ar-AAIwubh?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=mailsignout

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Trump Boasted That His Border Wall Was 'Virtually Impenetrable.' Then an 8-Year-Old Girl Climbed a R (Original Post) mfcorey1 Oct 2019 OP
I saw something about a reality show being down there, filming dewsgirl Oct 2019 #1
Next up - the speed tunneling contest. Vinca Oct 2019 #2
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