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Matthew Childs - Marketer, rock climber
Matthew Childs is an advertising lead at Razorfish. He is a lifelong rock climber and climbing guide.

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A specialist in digital branding and interactive services, Matthew Childs seeks out new trends in competitive markets. As an advertising lead at Razorfish, Childs draws from extensive experience in the marketing world, having led Nike's global internal communications department. Before that, he was a writer and editor for Outside Magazine and Playboy.

Apart from his career, Childs' passion is rock climbing.

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TED2009

Matthew Childs: 9 life lessons from rock climbing

Cele 9 reguli despre alpinism ale lui Matthew Childs

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In aceasta discutie sustinuta in 2009 la TED University,veteranul alpinist Matthew Childs,impartaseste noua sfaturi despre alpinism. Aceste sfaturi se pot aplica cu succes si in alte domenii , nu doar in alpinism.
- Marketer, rock climber
Matthew Childs is an advertising lead at Razorfish. He is a lifelong rock climber and climbing guide. Full bio

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It's prettyfrumos simplesimplu. There are ninenouă, sortfel of, rulesnorme
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Este destul de simplu. Sunt, oarecum, noua reguli,
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that I discovereddescoperit after 35 yearsani of rockstâncă climbingalpinism.
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pe care le-am descoperit in 35 de ani de alpinism.
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MostCele mai multe of them are prettyfrumos basicde bază.
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Multe dintre ele sunt elemetare.
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NumberNumărul one: don't let go --
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Numarul unu: Nu iti da drumul--½
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very sure successsucces methodmetodă.
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o metoda de succes.
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But really, trulycu adevărat -- oftende multe ori you think about
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Dar de fapt, te gandesti sa iti dai drumul
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lettingînchiriere go way before your bodycorp does.
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cu mult inainte ca organismul sa iti cedeze.
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So hangatârna in there,
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Asa ca, rezista
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and you come up with some prettyfrumos peculiarciudat solutionssoluţii.
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si o sa gasesti niste solutii destul de stranii.
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NumberNumărul two: hesitationezitare is badrău.
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Numarul doi: Ezitarea este daunatoare.
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This is a frictionfrecare climba urca, up in TuolumneTuolumne MeadowsPajişti,
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Asta e o catarare pe stanci alunecoase, in Tuolumne Meadows,
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in the YosemiteYosemite highînalt countryțară.
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in comitatul Yosemite.
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FrictionFrecare climbingalpinism doesn't have any sortfel of hardgreu positivepozitiv edgesmargini.
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In catarare pe stanci alunecoase, nu ai margini iesite in relief.
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You're climbingalpinism on little dimplesDimples and nubbinsNubbins in the rockstâncă.
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Ai la dispozitie doar niste crapaturi si bucati de roca inguste.
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The mostcel mai frictionfrecare you have is when you first put your handmână
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Se poate numi catarare pe stanci alunecoase, doar cand ai pus prima data mana
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or your footpicior on the rockstâncă.
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sau piciorul pe roca.
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And then from that pointpunct on, you're basicallype scurt fallingcădere.
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Si in acel moment poti, oricand , sa cazi.
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So momentumimpuls is good. Don't stop.
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Avantul e bun. Nu te opri.
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RuleRegula numbernumăr threeTrei: have a planplan.
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Regula numarul trei : Fa-ti un plan.
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This is a climba urca calleddenumit the NakedGol EdgeMarginea,
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Exista un loc greu accesibil numit Naked Edge,
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in ElEl DoradoDorado CanyonCanyon, outsidein afara of BoulderBoulder.
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in El Dorado Canyon, langa Boulder.
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This climberalpinist is on the last pitchpas of it.
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Acest catarator e aproape de varf.
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He's actuallyde fapt right about where I fellcăzut.
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De fapt se afla exact in locul de unde am cazut eu.
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There is about 1,000 feetpicioare of airaer belowde mai jos him.
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E la aproape 300 de metri inaltime.
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And all the hardgreu pitchessmoale are actuallyde fapt belowde mai jos him.
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Si a trecut de toate locurile cu priza buna.
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OftenMulte ori what happensse întâmplă is
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Se intampla mereu
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you're planningplanificare so hardgreu for like,
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sa te gandesti mult la:
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"How do I get throughprin the hardestcel mai greu partparte? How do I get throughprin the hardestcel mai greu partparte?"
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"Cum o sa trec de partea cea mai dificila? Cum o sa trec de partea ce mai grea?"
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And then what happensse întâmplă?
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Si apoi ce se intampla?
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You get to the last pitchpas. It's easyuşor.
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Ajungi la partea cea mai grea.Simplu.
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And you're completelycomplet flamedflamed out. Don't do it.
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Si esti terminat de oboseala. Nu face asta.
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You have to planplan aheadînainte to get to the toptop.
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Trebuia sa iti propui sa ajungi in varf.
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But you alsode asemenea can't forgeta uita that eachfiecare individualindividual movemișcare
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Dar sa nu uiti ca odata cu fiecare pas
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you have to be ablecapabil to completecomplet.
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esti mai aproape de final.
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This is a climba urca calleddenumit the DikeDig RouteTraseu,
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Aceasta e inaltime numita Dike Route,
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on PywjackPywjack DomeCupola, up in the YosemiteYosemite highînalt countryțară.
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din Peyrat Dome, sus in comitatul Yosemite.
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The interestinginteresant thing about this climba urca is it's not that hardgreu.
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E interesant ca nu e o catarare chiar asa de grea.
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But if you're the leaderlider on it,
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Dar daca esti liderul,
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at the hardestcel mai greu movemișcare, you're looking at about 100 footpicior fallcădea,
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cel mai rau e, ca te asteapta o cadere de 30 de metri,
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ontope some lowscăzut angleunghi slabsDale.
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pe niste crevase inguste.
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So you've got to focusconcentra.
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Deci trebuie sa te concentrezi.
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You don't want to stop in the middlemijloc like
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Sa nu te opresti in mijlocul ascensiunii precum
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Coleridge'sColeridge pe KublaKubla KahnKahn.
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Coleridge's Kubla Kahn.
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You've got to keep going.
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Trebuie sa continuii.
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RuleRegula numbernumăr fivecinci: know how to restodihnă.
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Regula numarul cinci. Sa sti cum sa te odihnesti.
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It's amazinguimitor. The bestCel mai bun climbersalpinişti
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Este uimitor. Cei mai buni cataratori
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are the onescele that in the mostcel mai extremeextrem situationssituații
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sunt cei care in situatii extreme
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can get theiral lor bodiesorganisme into some positionpoziţie
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pot gasi anumite pozitii
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where they can restodihnă,
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in care sa se odihneasca,
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regroupregruparea, calmcalm themselvesînșiși, focusconcentra,
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sa se adune, sa se calmeze, sa se concentreze,
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and keep going.
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si sa continue urcarea.
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This is a climba urca in the NeedlesAce, again in CaliforniaCalifornia.
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Aceasta e o catarare in Needles, tot in California.
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FearFrica really suckse de rahat because what it meansmijloace is
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Nu e bine sa iti fie frica, pentru ca
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you're not focusingfocalizare on what you're doing.
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nu te mai concentrezi pe ceea ce faci.
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You're focusingfocalizare on the consequencesconsecințe of
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Te gandesti la ce urmari ar avea faptul ca
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failingîn lipsa at what you're doing
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nu ai reusit sa faci ce ti-ai propus
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because any givendat movemișcare should requirenecesita
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pentru ca oricarei miscari trebuie sa ii acorzi
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all your concentrationconcentraţie and thought processesprocese
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concentrare maxima si atentie
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to executea executa it effectivelyîn mod eficient.
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ca sa o executi in mod eficient.
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One of the things in climbingalpinism is, mostcel mai people
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Un aspect in catarare este ca, multi oameni
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sortfel of take it straightdrept on. And they followurma the mostcel mai obviousevident solutionsoluţie.
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se avanta cu "capul inainte". Si aleg solutia cea mai evidenta.
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This is the DevilsDraci TowerTurnul in WyomingWyoming,
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Acesta e turnul Devils din Wyoming,
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whichcare is a columnarcoloane basaltbazalt formationformare
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este o formatiune din bazalt
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that mostcel mai of you probablyprobabil know from "CloseÎnchide EncountersÎntâlniri."
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pe care multi dintre voi probabil o stiti din "Intalnire de gradul trei"
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With this, typicallytipic cracksparge climbersalpinişti
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Aici, cataratorii obisnuiti
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would put theiral lor handsmâini in and theiral lor toesdegetele de la picioare in
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si-ar baga degetele si picioarele in crapaturi
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and just startstart climbingalpinism.
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si ar incepe sa se catere.
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The cracksfisuri are too smallmic to get your toesdegetele de la picioare into
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Crapaturile sunt prea mici ca sa te poti agata bine
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so the only way to climba urca is usingutilizând your fingertipsvârfurile degetelor
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trebuie sa iti folosesti varfurile degetelor
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in the cracksfisuri,
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in crapaturi,
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and usingutilizând opposingopuse pressurepresiune
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trebuie sa aplici presiune de o parte si de alta a peretelui
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and forcingforțând yourselftu up.
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si sa ridici in sus.
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RuleRegula numbernumăr eightopt: strengthputere doesn't always equalegal successsucces.
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Regula numarul opt: Forta nu inseamna neaparat ca o sa si reusesti.
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In the 35 yearsani I've been a climbingalpinism guideghid
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In 35 de ani de cand sunt ghid in catarare
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and taughtînvățat on indoorde interior wallspereți, and stuffchestie like that,
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si am predat catararea pe ziduri artificiale, si chestii de genu asta,
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the mostcel mai importantimportant thing I've learnedînvățat
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cel mai important lucru pe care l-am invatat
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was, guys will always try to do pull-upspull-up-uri.
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a fost ca , barbatii mereu vor incerca sa catere doar cu ajutorul mainilor.
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BeginningÎnceputul guys, it's like, they thrashthrash, they thrashthrash,
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Incepatorii, fac asa mereu, se forteaza,
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they get 15 feetpicioare up --
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ajung la 5-6metri altitudine.
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and they can do about 15 pull-upspull-up-uri right --
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Folosindu-se doar de maini
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And then they just flameflacără out.
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Si dupa aia sunt extenuati.
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WomenFemei are much more in balanceechilibru
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Femeile sunt mai echilibrate,
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because they don't have that ideaidee
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pentru ca nu se ghideaza dupa aceasi idee
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that they're going to be ablecapabil to do 100 pull-upspull-up-uri.
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se se catare doar cu ajutorul tractiunilor.
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They think about how to get the weightgreutate over theiral lor feetpicioare
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Se gandesc cum sa-si distribuie greutatea in picioare
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because it's sortfel of naturalnatural -- they carrytransporta you all day long.
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pentru ca asa e normal. Asta fac cu voi toata ziua.
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So balanceechilibru is really criticalcritic,
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Echilibrul e critic,
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and keepingpăstrare your weightgreutate on your feetpicioare,
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la fel si mentinerea greutatii in picioare,
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whichcare is your strongestmai puternic musclemuşchi.
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care au muschii mai puternici.
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And of coursecurs there is ruleregulă numbernumăr ninenouă.
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Si apoi mai avem desigur regula numarul noua.
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I camea venit up with ruleregulă numbernumăr ninenouă after
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Cu asta am venit dupa
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I actuallyde fapt didn't planplan for a fallcădea,
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De fapt nu am planuit sa cad,
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and wenta mers about 40 feetpicioare and crackedcrăpat a ribcoaste.
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ce am cazut vreo 13-14 metri si mi-am rupt o coasta.
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OnceO dată you get to that pointpunct where you know it's going to happenîntâmpla,
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Odata ce ai ajuns la acel punct cand stii ce se va intampla,
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you need to startstart thinkinggândire about how you're going to let go
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trebuie sa te gandesti la cum sa iti dai drumul
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because that is the criticalcritic piecebucată
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pentru ca asta e important
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of not gettingobtinerea hurtrănit --
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daca nu vrei sa te ranesti--
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how you're going to fallcădea ontope the ropefrânghie,
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cum o sa cazi fie ca esti alpinist
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or if you're climbingalpinism withoutfără a ropefrânghie,
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fie ca esti catarator,
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fallcădea to a placeloc where you can actuallyde fapt controlControl the fallcădea.
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trebuie sa fi in stare sa iti controlezi caderea.
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So don't hangatârna on tillpână the bitteramar endSfârşit.
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Asa ca nu va tineti de franghie pana nu mai puteti.
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Thank you very much.
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Va multumesc foarte mult.
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(ApplauseAplauze)
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(Aplauze)
Translated by Tita Mihai
Reviewed by Valentin Petrea

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Matthew Childs - Marketer, rock climber
Matthew Childs is an advertising lead at Razorfish. He is a lifelong rock climber and climbing guide.

Why you should listen

A specialist in digital branding and interactive services, Matthew Childs seeks out new trends in competitive markets. As an advertising lead at Razorfish, Childs draws from extensive experience in the marketing world, having led Nike's global internal communications department. Before that, he was a writer and editor for Outside Magazine and Playboy.

Apart from his career, Childs' passion is rock climbing.

More profile about the speaker
Matthew Childs | Speaker | TED.com