Mountain climbing technique

Technique is more necessary in mountaineering than most other sports, a small mistake can easily cost you your life. A regular neighborhood game of soccer rarely carries such risks. The climbing itself is not the difficult part, maintaining a sense of clarity in the face of danger is the most daunting task. While climbing requires strength, agility and endurance- these qualities are of no use to an individual who lacks good reasoning skills.

Using your head helps you to develop physical qualities that shine brightly when climbing. Technique offsets danger, keeping climbing as an obscure sport that does not flirt between life and death, but relishes in the connection of you with nature and the elements. Many situations are out of your hands, a rock breaks loose, a storm approaches, these experiences shape one's ability to assess risks. That is what mountain climbing is, a constant and deliberate assessing of risks. By knowing one's own ability or even one's self (among the toughest self-examining traits), one can stay within their limit. For that is the greatest thrill of climbing, the simplicity of; yourself, the rock, and the challenges that lay ahead. The imminent challenges of climbing reflect to life itself, applying technique, taking a risk, and seeing where it takes you.