Sometimes you have to lower the bar of your expectations
Letting go of our expectations isn’t always easy, but the best way to try is to live in the present and stop thinking ten moves ahead. It’s a motto that I have recently adopted to try and teach myself to be less attached to the outcome. Will I fall or will I send? Sending a route is an amazing feeling, but when that expectation isn’t met, there is an outpour of negative feelings. We’ve all experienced this, in both life and climbing. Expecting more of ourselves and our efforts is such a natural human desire. The problem is, expectations come with the fear of not achieving more and in turn, not being more. Heading up to the Way Rambo cliff in late November, I had no expectations other than to share a good day and some snacks with my companions. We weren’t the first ones at the crag, but the ever-popular route, “Way Rambo”, had nobody on it. Devin Horgan excitedly racked up for it and I readied my harness and ATC to give him a catch. It’s...