Raleigh North Carolina Based Rock Climbing Guiding, Climbing Trips, Climbing Classes and Instruction » learn from past http://www.ascentadventure.com Website of North Carolina rock climbing guides and team building facilitators Ascent Adventure Consultants. We are the preferred guide service in the southeast United States, offering climbing trips (day and weekend trips) on the best routes and areas in NC, outdoor climbing instruction, and team building and leadership development programs. Make Ascent your guide service for 2009. Fri, 18 Mar 2011 10:17:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Defeating Fear with Past Success: The Climbing Experience Applied to All of Life http://www.ascentadventure.com/2009/07/defeating-fear-with-past-success-the-climbing-experience-applied-to-all-of-life/ http://www.ascentadventure.com/2009/07/defeating-fear-with-past-success-the-climbing-experience-applied-to-all-of-life/#comments Tue, 28 Jul 2009 23:58:26 +0000 brandon http://www.ascentadventure.com/?p=1622 This weekend I was climbing at Cathedral Ledge in New Hampshire, on a route called Recombeast (5.9+). The crux of the route is on pitch 3, where you have to make a traverse onto a flake, with nowhere to put your feet except for smearing on the rock. This day, the area for my feet was wet! So it made it quite a challenging task. It took me a while to make the proper moves, but ultimately what got me through it was by standing still and remembering past experiences I had.


When I remembered that I done other scary traverses on harder routes, I realized that I would be able to do this one. I remembered, “I was afraid before, but it turned out to be ok. It will be ok this time.”

This experience can apply to all of life! When we face challenging and even scary situations in life, we must take a moment to think logically, instead of acting out of fear. Ask yourself these questions:

  1. Have I had similar experiences before?
  2. How did I respond?
  3. What can my past response teach me now?
  4. What will be my next action

Some simple things…but it can go a long way.

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