Oh this is really interesting I did not know this—thank you for bringing it up. Definitely undercuts the metaphor, but do you think the main flow of the post still stands? Curious if you have any thoughts.
You’re not wrong. Learning to crimp really does enable climbers to perform feats that others cannot, and plenty of them suffer injuries like the one I’ve linked to and decide to heal and keep going. My addendum isn’t “never do something hard or risky,” it’s “pain is a warning; consider what price you are willing to pay before you go pushing through it.”
Oh this is really interesting I did not know this—thank you for bringing it up. Definitely undercuts the metaphor, but do you think the main flow of the post still stands? Curious if you have any thoughts.
You’re not wrong. Learning to crimp really does enable climbers to perform feats that others cannot, and plenty of them suffer injuries like the one I’ve linked to and decide to heal and keep going. My addendum isn’t “never do something hard or risky,” it’s “pain is a warning; consider what price you are willing to pay before you go pushing through it.”