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Re: [gblauer] Trad head, warriors way, and bad advice:
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iamthewallress
Feb 14, 2007, 8:25 PM
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gblauer wrote: I agree with all that you say, except that if you have a terrible fear of falling, you will never get to the place where you are climbing in control.
I disagree w/ you on this point b/c it doesn't match my experience. I was petrified to climb at all for a while, but as I gained experience, I got more and more comfortable. When I'm run out or unroped, the last thing on my mind is falling, b/c I wouldn't allow myself to be in that situation if I thought for a second that I would fall. It caries over into well protected roped climbs. I climb in the moment and am mostly not worried about my pro or my falling. When I get too scared and without focus, then for me it's time to back off and learn some more skills so that I'm less worried about the falling b/c I'm more confident about the climbing.
Taking steps to justifiably increase my confidence has felt like a way more proactive solution to me than to take steps to decrease my fear. I think that they really are two different concepts too...not just different ways of saying the same thing.
(This post was edited by iamthewallress on Feb 14, 2007, 9:30 PM)
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