nobody cares how well you climb. no really, nobody cares

you feel the eyes of the crowd on you. you hear some whispers. you wonder, how's my foot work? am i looking a'ight? oh crap, can i make it up this thing?

a climbing instructor i photographed recently, who has been climbing for 10 years or so, told me something that i found pretty darn interesting. he explained that when he started climbing, he had a certain interest in proving how big of a bad-ass he was to his climbing buds and to random observers.

that perspective has changed. he's since come to realize that nobody cares how hard your sends are. his words: climb for yourself and only yourself. 'cause nobody really cares.

true dat.