http://crazyjourneys.com/2009/10/film-climbing-psychology-overcoming-fear-in-the-mountains/ Thu, 17 Mar 2011 06:36:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://crazyjourneys.com/2009/10/film-climbing-psychology-overcoming-fear-in-the-mountains/#comment-284 Neil Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:36:27 +0000 http://crazyjourneys.com/?p=496#comment-284 I do a fair amount of rock climbing and as for getting over the fear, I have yet to figure out how to do so yet, holds me back a bit. I do a fair amount of rock climbing and as for getting over the fear, I have yet to figure out how to do so yet, holds me back a bit.

]]> http://crazyjourneys.com/2009/10/film-climbing-psychology-overcoming-fear-in-the-mountains/#comment-268 Steve Blethyn Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:00:07 +0000 http://crazyjourneys.com/?p=496#comment-268 It's not so much fear, rather an immense respect for the environments I put myself in. That coupled with the knowledge that you’ll never conquer Mother Nature, rather she allows you to visit some of her most amazing places. There was one occasion however where I was calling her all the names under the Sun, and I also discovered just how strong fingertips can be and that adrenaline really is brown. It’s not so much fear, rather an immense respect for the environments I put myself in. That coupled with the knowledge that you’ll never conquer Mother Nature, rather she allows you to visit some of her most amazing places. There was one occasion however where I was calling her all the names under the Sun, and I also discovered just how strong fingertips can be and that adrenaline really is brown.

]]> http://crazyjourneys.com/2009/10/film-climbing-psychology-overcoming-fear-in-the-mountains/#comment-246 vy Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:04:04 +0000 http://crazyjourneys.com/?p=496#comment-246 I'm acrophobic. Immensely so. I hate bouldering and the very thought of free climbing pushes me into a panic. The fear of death is what drives me to keep climbing once I start a route. Although I have no idea why I voluntarily put myself at death's doorstep 4 times a week. I’m acrophobic. Immensely so. I hate bouldering and the very thought of free climbing pushes me into a panic. The fear of death is what drives me to keep climbing once I start a route. Although I have no idea why I voluntarily put myself at death’s doorstep 4 times a week.

]]> http://crazyjourneys.com/2009/10/film-climbing-psychology-overcoming-fear-in-the-mountains/#comment-202 Luke Bream Sun, 11 Oct 2009 10:25:08 +0000 http://crazyjourneys.com/?p=496#comment-202 When I first started bouldering outside I found it really scary compared to indoors. It took time to adjust and become confortable with it. I began to subconciously assess risk before I pulled on in a way that I didnt do inside. When I first started bouldering outside I found it really scary compared to indoors. It took time to adjust and become confortable with it. I began to subconciously assess risk before I pulled on in a way that I didnt do inside.

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