Category: Managing fear

  • What the Rock Warrior’s Way taught me about climbing and fear

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    What the popular mental training program for climbers taught me about fear.

  • Thoughts on fear and climbing from 8 climbers

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    We had some really interesting and constructive discussions at the women’s climbing night last week about fear & lead climbing. I thought I’d keep the conversations by asking some friends how they overcome their fears while climbing. Conversations edited for length and clarity. 1. Kaitlyn: Some days I’ve got loads of confidence, others not so much. “I’ve often…

  • Bearanoid

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    One evening in July a few years ago, I came close to walking into what I thought was a large black dog.  It was dusk on a the beach on the Juan de Fuca trail, a few hour drive out of the city.  Many people were still up, eating from coolers.  Letting their dogs romp…