Alex Honnold, the dude who free solo (climb with no rope) half dome is few person I take notices. In a sense he might be the biggest flop, a mid twenty something with no steady job, no girlfriend, live in a shabby van, no insurance, no TV and all he does is climb. I do wonder how he surivied, but that's another story.
I admire him not because of what he do, but what he said. (I do give him credit for what he does, come on we can hardly climb even one floor, and he climbed something that probably twice the height of Empire State Building - rope free, that's something) In an documentary filed by National Geographic he said, when he climb Half Dome he starts with tons of determination and confidence, but often in half way he get tired, wonder why did he put himself in this situation, why is he doing this and the though often paratize him. Then he overcome the fear and doubt, and moves on. He learned to embrace the bad part as part of the experience and this drives him to move forward.
I am in this situation, I come in with confidence but now I am tired, I am not sure what I am doing and why I am putting myself though this. I am doing my best, and it's not enough, and I don't know what else I can do. I feel like I have no confidence to keep going, but maybe I should start to learn to embrace the bad as part of the experience.
