En kille som heter John Long skrev en gång så här: (något nedkortat av mej)
The soloist climbs alone. Up on the High, the soloist answers to his own standards, the climbing at hand and God - in that order.
There is the the macho element. As E Hemingway said, it takes more cajones to be a sportsman when death is a closer party to the game. BUT freesoloing requires so much focus, precision and control that only superior technique and mental steel can see him through. Freesoloing evokes a raw intensity that even a million-dollar-a-year ballplayer can never experience. And therein lies the snare.
While the rewards are great, no practice is less forgiving. On solos of any real length, if you fall, you will certainly die...
These are the men and women who risk it all in pursuit of adrenaline and self-fulfillment in the most extreme places in the world - Alone.
Jag tror att det faktiskt är så som spacemonky säger att det inte handlar om självbedrägeri att sola utan snarare är det det när man leder och inte fattar hur kassa säkringar man sätter, allså när man leder som nybörjare vill säga.
2+2 blir inte 5 oavsett hur många som hävdae det!!!!
