"Being brave doesn’t mean you aren’t afraid—in fact, the opposite is true. Courage without thought or meaning is simply recklessness. Brave people aren’t fearless; they’ve simply found something that matters more to them than fear." - Jeff Haden, Inc. Magazine Giovanni Traversi, 40ft. off the deck on Ambrosia V11. Photo by Dusty Glasner . Before we get started, I'd like to thank Forrest Sheldon for inspiring me to write this article :) I've never really had the best mental game for highballs. Some people might think that's a funny statement considering I spend most of my time climbing in the Buttermilks, but it's true - it takes me a long time to work up the courage to climb tall, challenging lines. There's this period of acclimatization to the highball environment that I have to go through to prepare both physically and mentally for a climb, and I think that's true for a lot of people. Before sending The Process (V16) Daniel Woods spent d...
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