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What goes through you mind while on the sharp end? 2-Sep-2003 At 7:57:19 PM V

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On 2/09/2003 BA wrote:
>If you had been a VCC member over the past couple of years you would have
>seen some Argus articles, reprinted from Ano Ilgner, about the mental approach
>to climbing. If you want to see what it is all about then log onto: http://www.warriorsway
>com

Hmmm... oriental warrior philosophy applied to climbing... an interesting concept.

The website has an exerpt from the book which I found rather interesting. It sounds like the book was inspired by "Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai" by Yamamoto Tsunetomo. A practical book which explains using short parables how a 16th century samurai ought to conduct himself on and off the battlefield. OK, maybe not so practical in this day and age, but I guess some of the principles could be applied to climbing. Mark Twight recommends "The Art of Jeet Kune Do" by Bruce Lee for similar reasons.

"The best defence is attack" - I'll have to remember that next time I'm on the sharp end with pumped forearms and shaking knees... :-)