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get this girl on Ninja Warrior.

I was playing GI Joe and eating party pizza's at age 11.

Made me go rewatch this complete badass.
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She's awesome because her parents actually support her. Given just how dangerous climbing can be, for her mom to stand beside her is just wow.

She's gonna be doing dozens of pullups making the boys on the football team look sooo pathetic.

When I used to rock climb, I used to do a few competitions here and there. It wasn't the kids with the insane strength to weight ratios that bugged us. It was the parents. It's extremely similar to beauty contest parents where the parents seem to care more than the kids themselves and just hover over them and micro manage every thing they do.

If the kid really wants to do it, then more power to them, but competition parents? yeah they can stay home.

What voodoov says..

I was like "ooh how cool!" until they started interviewing her mother and showed their practice. She says "Brooke is hard on herself so I don't have too" well 1) She is pushing her hard, with a mom as a couch you can't just separate your roles. 2) "I don't have too" - ?? So you think you should push her.. that's healthy..
And they started to make them climb as early as possible, you don't say no to your mum at 3 years old. Actually kinda scary theorizing, they could very well be so programmed into climbing they actually don't love it that passionately.
I mean, who knows that's your passion and not kajaking, when it's the only thing in your life since you could walk?

Both the parents are world champions in rock climbing....soooo yeah...there's that element to it.

Of course she can break records; she has an unfair advantage. Let's see if she's that nimble when she's a foot taller and a hundred pounds heavier. Still, good for her.

Reminds me of my wife's cousin who plays tennis professionally. Training from childhood by trained professionals. Learn something and teach it -- DON'T RELY ON SCHOOLS TO TRAIN YOUR CHILD.

I'd take a polymath any day of the week in real life.