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From The Louisville Courier-Journal: Trump says his border wall is 'impenetrable.' It took climbers in Kentucky mere seconds

Berry Craig
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By BEN TOBIN

ROGERS, Ky. — In Eastern Kentucky's Red River Gorge area, an 18-foot replica of President Donald Trump's border wall is being scaled not only by experienced mountain climbers, but by novices and young children.

One climber even scaled it while juggling.

"You don't tell a climber that something can't be climbed or that it's impossible," said Rick Weber, the 75-year-old mountain climber who built the replica. "That's just a challenge."

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