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Did caving for a bit. I enjoyed the "mind game" bit of it. When going into small spaces sometimes people enter a bad mental spiral of: feeling a bit squished,
by _carbyau_ 4y ago
Did caving for a bit. I enjoyed the "mind game" bit of it.
When going into small spaces sometimes people enter a bad mental spiral of: feeling a bit squished, have a doubt that maybe the wall/ceiling moved, tense up further etc etc.
It is a weird mental thing because this cave has likely been largely this way for a looooooong time. It wasn't waiting for you to come along... but such are mind games.
People tended to crack more as you get tired. Physical fitness helped as well as being comfortable with your gear.
Rope stuff was easy enough and fun, though a bit tiring.
- saiya-jin 4y agoIf you want to train yourself by repeatedly exposing your mind to fear of death (and the best part of overcoming it), ie rock climbing is much more approachable way. Your subconscious mind only partially understands the concept of rope and safety it brings, and being few tens of meters above ground puts out some very real emotions and fear of death out, especially when protection placement is quite apart. But you still have equipment that can handle easily 2 tonnes of static load and few of you in worst possible dynamic fall.
- mywacaday 4y agoI went to visit a local cave that has been setup for tours with the kids a few weeks ago. There is a stalagmite/stalagtite pair that are 1cm away from touching and has been that way since the cave was discovered and surveyed in the 1830s, these were 2+ meters each, geological timescales are crazy.