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How high does the pulse go at the highest indoor highball in Europe?

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The Boardroom near Chester has the highest indoor Psicobloc in Europe. At eight meters, this solo wall is almost twice as high as a conventional bouldering wall. Louis Parkinson tested how his pulse reacts to this challenge.

British climbing professional Louis Parkinson, also known as Captain Cutloose, takes on a special challenge in his latest video: the highest indoor boulder in the UK. The Psicobloc towers a proud eight meters high. This doesn't leave even a full-time climber like Parkinson unmoved, as his heart rate monitor documents.

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