Two moves 'til the chains...in my head i start to think i'm going to send. I can feel it. I put my fingers on the last hold before the top, things begin to go down hill, top speed. I can feel my fingers slipping off the crux hold. I look over, watching them slide. My mental state goes from, I'm going to send, to I'm going to fall". Headspace gone, feeling the whip comin' i grab the chains.
This is a tough one. It's a mental state one needs to tap into if you want to push, grow, progress. You need to not be in a position of making a decision, but in a position where there's only one choice, no options. It takes practice, lots if it. It takes a history of falling to know that, for the most part, when on bolts...falling isn't that big of a deal. Now, that's obviously depended on the terrain below you, but typically...it's risk free.
Right now, i'm sitting at home envisioning going for that last hold. I know i should have just gone for it because i really don't know if i would have stuck that final hold or not. And now i'm not going to know. Sure, i'm goin back and will probably send next try...but i have to go back and try it again. It could have been over now.
My thoughts on this...no matter if your pumped out of your tree...even if the next hold, or finish hold, is miles away...go for it anyways. You just never know when you might tag it and stick it. Taking big falls takes a mental state that needs practice...but the only way you're going to get practice is if you take the falls. I blew it today. Tough, really tough. But let me tell you...there's going to be no more chain grabbing for this guy. Whip whip whip.
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