> Perhaps: don't think there's a rope backing you up if it isn't there. If you use the metaphor of rock climbing, you'd actually rehearse your route with ropes

> Perhaps: don't think there's a rope backing you up if it isn't there. If you use the metaphor of rock climbing, you'd actually rehearse your route with ropes/safety system, before you would ever try the route without. When the stakes are so high that it's you're life you're gambling with, is it really worth it for most to go so blind out there? It's either that, or you go without a rope, when the difficulty is far below your limit (in other words, you have amassed a lot of experience)