>>2824574
managing your fear is a large part of it in every medium of climbing. starting out- fear of falling, not trusting the gear, fear of fucking up, fear of heights. sport - fear of hitting a ledge, fear of rope tangled fall, fear of falling at the first clip and decking. trad- not trusting your gear, shit placements, running it out, fear of loose rock/killing your belayer, same stuff from sport too. ice - not trusting your placements, fear of popping your tools, fear of pumping out and falling at all, fear of killing your belayer

anyway you get it. It's true some people are very predisposed to being fearless but tend to also be careless climbers that eventually injure themselves and chill out. Keep in mind that most climbers are nervous about what they are doing, it really is just a mixture of experience, emotional stability, and maybe retardation that allows climbers to climb hard sketchy routes. Trust me if you keep at it you will be climbing stuff you would never imagine yourself getting on