Overcoming the Fear of Falling - FOF P1

Fear is what every Rock Climber will have to Face. But why does strong climbers look fearless? Aren't they afraid to fall at all? After coaching many people on how to overcome the fear of falling, I'm sharing my best tips and tricks. The goal is not to get rid of the fear of falling. In fact - Fear is just a sensation that arises from your deep animal brain seeing the danger. You can't get rid of the sensation - because it's just chemicals in your body. You need to look why it was caused. Evolution made us good at survival, we stay away from things that seem dangerous and unknown. But the problem is that our evolution was not surrounded by technologies like ropes that can save us. So if you haven't been climbing trees (or being in heights) all your life your subconscious mind doesn't have enough training to "think" that these climbing situations are safe. Overcoming the fear of falling is not much different from overcoming any other fear. You need to gently put your self into fearful situations and have good outcomes. That will start reprogram your animal part of the brain. Step one is to accept that it's normal and there is nothing wrong with you! And then slowly, gently massage your mind with fear of falling games. I would recommend to do fall practice training in climbing gyms because it's much safer and you will save your precious vacation trip time. However if you do it outdoors, make sure to not fall in unsafe situations. Sometimes route setters (bolters) protect hard sections by bolts, but leave easy (juggy) parts unprotected. If you are not sure if it's 100% safe fall, climb with someone more experienced! Although I say that you can't think your self out of fears with rational (conscious) mind. I experienced big benefits by using meditation. I made a separate video on this: https://youtu.be/LhDFykDzuJk If you are getting value out of my videos and wanna feel good - consider supporting me: https://hardiseasy.com Because that makes a big difference and is the main reason I do this project! Deep Thanks! Ben Special thanks to my friends: Hanna: https://www.instagram.com/banana___hana/ German climbing machine (trusty belayer) https://www.instagram.com/mammut_goes_climbing/ And the best artist friend who draw the pyramid: https://www.instagram.com/mildeo/ And me and me: https://www.instagram.com/hard.is.easy/ 00:00 Intro 02:00 Climbing for the first time 04:37 Top Roping 05:47 Hanna tries to lead a 6c+ 08:34 How to get rid of your fear #Climbing #FearOfFalling #Fear_of_falling