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Yes, it is true, and it applies to many areas of life …

The other day during my holidays and as a climber for many years and having grown up reading books and seeing photos of John Long, Ron Kauk, John Bachar, etc, and trying to emulate them, I came across this netflix documentary about climbing in the Yosemite Valley

This took me a little further back in time as it basically starts with the juxtaposition between Royal Robbins and Warren Harding.

Needless to say, I received Communion and communion with the ethic in the climb led by Royal Robbins, but where I want to go is that I remembered Tom Frost as one of the people who accompanied Royal Robbins in at least two of his most notable ascents. , the first to Salathé Wall and the second ascent (and for me the first for the style) to The Nose in the captain.

Tom Frost, mechanical engineer educated at Stanford, and with a mentality that is not only good for climbing, but for life in general. Tom said that “You start at the bottom, and even though you see stuff up ahead you know you can’t climb, you go and you go and you go until you can touch the obstacle — and more often than not, when you get that close, there’s a way past”.

In my life I have seen many professionals who, as soon as they perceive an obstacle in the road, do not try to reach it to overcome it. That is to surrender, and it is the main reason why years of practice in a profession can mean not advancing or improving at all in our professional practice. The talent is overrated, often it is the way, the effort and the failures, as well as leaving the comfort zone, which makes us improve.