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Desensitizing yourself to falling... 29-Jun-2006 At 12:19:14 PM mtnbear

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On 29/06/2006 Stuey wrote:

>However, it doesn't really sound like your problem is falling on gear,
>its trusting the placements you are made so that you aren't afraid to fall
>on them-This comes from experience.

This is true I do have a lack of experience... I have taken falls on bolts and have no worries when it comes to bolts; but I have never been placed in a situation, on trad, where I even had the sense of a possibility of falling on my gear. Now that I know how a true fear can hamper a climb, I need to reassure myself in my placements and their ability to hold my potential falls. And once that reassurance is there or beliefe is there that it will hold my falls I will climb harder with less worry.