How can I overcome fear of climbing?
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April 29, 1996 How did you eat and sleep for 60 days on a rock wall?
How can I overcome fear of climbing? Todd Paxton Answer: The thing that I do when I’m afraid of something–when I’m actually leading–is to actually practice falling. So find a place where you’re not going to hit a ledge and start jumping off. Take a one-foot fall, then a two-foot fall, and pretty soon the fall itself is, you understand, not very scary. And what you were afraid of is not |
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