This is really interesting. I wonder if he'd come out of an environment of fear and anxiety if he would have been able to do this.

The reason I think of it is I have PTSD from childhood abuse. I don't think I could ever completely repress fear because of it. I deal with stress better than most, because I have developed magnificent coping mechanisms (grin), but I can never completely be fearless.

Climbing is pure joy for me, but I would never, ever think "I'll just do this and if I die, well that's what happens." Survival has been drilled into my brain WAY too deep.