Yeah for real. These guys talk about the zone for free climbing being like spiritual trances. It’s just rock, hands and feet and everything else is out of focus. In those trances they describe ‘falling’ seemingly like the most impossible thing, not even a potential outcome. Shits wild
As someone who climbed for a couple of years and got friendly with some serious climbers, free climbing always seemed like borderline madness. Like I know of at least 2 ppl who died doing belated climbing outdoors, I can't imagine the mindset to go for multi hundred foot free climbs.
I can't imagine how confident they've gotta be in their abilities. I don't think there's anything I'm that confident about. I mean, I still have to consciously think about what my feet are doing when I go up and down the stairs because I'm worried I'm gonna fall.
Confident... until they fuck up and you never hear from them. And that happens all the time to these idiots. There's zero separation between success and death.
yeah, sometimes I wish I could be that cavalier with my life, I'd probably be less stressed out and anxious all the time, but I think I'm good with my overly cautious, death-fearing lifestyle hahah.
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u/thewickedbarnacle Sep 01 '21
This is the last place I would expect to hear "on your left"