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Desensitizing yourself to falling... 30-Jun-2006 At 11:41:03 AM Fool in the Rain

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On 30/06/2006 Paradise wrote:
>Thanks Neil - feeling so much happier now :)
>I also have a problem with irrational fear when leading trad. I think
>a lot of this has come from hearing all the horror stories of seemingly
>bomber gear pulling and all the other stuff that can go wrong, problem
>is no one talks about all the times the gear holds with no problems-thus
>giving a distorted view of reality. (It may also have a little something
>to do with watching someone deck from 11 meters pulling all their gear
>on the way down).
>
The point is, Paradise, that it only takes one fall with all the pieces pulling to kill or seriously injury you.
The other 99 times when the gear holds won't save you from the ground fall that kills you.