climbing
Climbing is the sport of testing one’s reflexes at heights where gravity plays no favorites. It’s a ritual of excuses that lets you forget terrestrial anxieties for a moment as you cling to a sheer rock face. Falling is a lesson in converting terror into triumph rather than self-loathing. More than harnesses or chalk, you end up relying on friends shouting “Got you!” from below. The real lifeline isn’t gear but an invisible wire called pride.