No ropes= No second chances. Do or die. If you cling with ropes you are leaving room for mistakes but if you climb without them you must be perfect. This is my mindset on everything in life.
Don’t give up on something just because something becomes hard, push through it and complete the task. Our bodies are capable of more than we think. When I rock climb with ropes I often give up before my body is at its limit because I know that it is an option to give up BUT when I am free climbing my mental limit increases because if I fail, I die.
I was free climbing in Yosemite on a 5.7 and I started feeling nervous because we were really high up so I closed my eyes and reset my mind. I have to do this. I can do this. I will do this. Then I continued.
5.7 is easy and if I had ropes on I wouldn’t think anything of the climb. It’s all mindset. Live life with no ropes attached.