outward bound's words

found this on the outward bound wilderness website. kinda interesting:

rock climbing - a challenge of balance and strength

up is never easy. but you face the rock. you let every finger and all your toes help find the way. feel every muscle quake and quiver in battle with gravity. find faith in ropes, in teammates, in yourself. there's no time for distraction, no room for your mind to wander. it's you and a route up narrow fissures and narrower ledges. chase your fear back into the shadows, as you balance on fingertips and toeholds.

rock is an incomparable challenge. master mind and body, so that spirit can soar. it's the rock's way of meditation, single-minded purpose, total concentration. the reward? your view from the top, and the long look down from where you came. in a final reach, up there becomes right here, in a single moment that's all your own.