Posts Tagged ‘mental strength’

Nick Bullock on Gogarth North Stack

Boreal have arranged for us to interview their sponsored climber, Nick Bullock. Having given up his full-time job in 2003, Nick has been chasing his dream climbing and mountaineering all over the world. While he is probably best known for his impressive ascents in the greater ranges, Nick’s traditional climbing portfolio would make the arm [...]

Climbing techniques – a plan to raise your game: Week 10 – Improving your mental strength

Hi everyone. Sincere apologies for the delay in writing this post. Christmas and my recent snowboarding trip kind of got in the way. I have to admit that I have done very little climbing over the last few weeks. I’m looking forward to getting back out there as soon as possible. I managed to get a session at my local climbing wall on Friday and climbed surprising well considering I had only managed one previous session since before Christmas.

In this post I’m going to focus on the mental aspects of rock climbing. I’m going to split those into 2 distinct areas:

* Managing stress / fear
* Motivation & focus for performance