Fear is just one more thing to worry about and is very distracting. This is very difficult to do, but when you can achieve it, then you are in true harmony with the rock. If you train so that you are very strong physically and you have mastered the techniques, then all that's left is believing.
said: "Climbing for me has always been the strength of the body over the weakness of the mind.
Their only thought is executing the next move. Climbers' concentration is complete and focused. The sport is one of total engagement with the here-and-now, which frees the mind from everything else. One climber says that while scaling a granite face, she felt close to God, so intense was her relationship with the natural world.Ĭlimbers speak of "floating" or "performing a ballet" over the rock, each placement of foot and each reach into a crack creating unity with the mountain. Attached to a mountainside by fingertips and toes, the climber necessarily becomes part of the rock - or else. Probably no other sport creates such a feeling of oneness with Mother Nature. It is what keeps many of them married to the sport. For many climbers, this closeness to death - the risk of dying - produces an adrenaline rush that most other life experiences simply can't. Climber Todd Skinner said free climbing means "going right to the edge" of your capabilites. They interrupt, end, or never start their careers, focusing exclusively on completing the next climb. Despite the dangers and discomforts, climbing is for many an all-consuming passion.
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