"When you overcome your fear, you don't fall anymore - you fly. " This is so beautiful. I love it. I will think of flying next time I'm high up on a route and scared. Thank you.

This was really refreshingly honest. The idea that if you have a fear of falling (especially as a result of trauma) all you need to do is take some practice falls and you’ll be fine is a lie. The reality is that mental recovery is slow and hard, but worth it if you stick with it.

I've done sky-diving, actively scuba-dive, I've done sports all my life. I'm almost 39 and my first panic attack was this year half-way up an easy sport route, mostly because I felt over my head, because I'm a beginner and go alone with my wife sports climbing. I've been climbing for less than a year. There's good days and bad days, but so far, I always feel the nerves when I see that last quickdraw go past me, especially on slabby rock with ledges, stumps and all sorts of crap in the way. It also happens in the gym, everytime I have to go a bit further up than I'm used to. I try to fight fight through it, sometimes I win sometimes I lose. I too, hope that it will get better through time. Even if it doesn't, I'll keep fighting to the bitter end because I also enjoy the clear head focusing on trying to climb your best gives you. I enjoy the fight to the top more than the top itself. Not afraid of getting hurt or of dying, it's just my primitive brain getting in the way of my cortex without me having a choice about it.

I love this video , so honest in her advice . Climbing is a true progression of self and a journey that is life enriching .

I love it! This could have been a film about me. I just found it, as if by accident, and I'm at a point where I'm considering giving lead climbing a try again. I've done 1500 skydives and was scared to death doing that at first, but got through it relatively easily. But climbing, despite having worked so hard for years on practicing falls, has totally shut me down. I had no idea it would be so hard to overcome this fear. After years I gave up, feeling defeated. I know I made progress when I worked on my falls, and I went from a place of alot of fear to being pretty confident. But then as soon as reduced the practicing I went back to square one. And I was never good at it at all outside, just indoors. Your video made me start to think about it again. Thank you!

..."you don't fall anymore...you fly" I love this!!!!🧗‍♂️❤

Thank you for this insipiring video. After a long break from climbing I suddenly found out I am so scared leading I am almost paralysed by fear. It is literally like you describe in the video. So NOW the work for me really starts because I have to push through my fear to get better in climbing... Thank you for sharing your story :)

Bravo ! You express beautifully the poetry of rocks and stone .. Thank you for those images .

Wow what a beautiful video. Fall training..... Back in the sixties when I climbed there were no climbing walls or fall training, there was the rock, and you climbed it or you fell off. I enjoyed the technical nature of the sport but I couldn't live with the exposure, I hated it. Climbing is now a whole new ball game, it has been dissected and taken apart in little pieces and put back together again. There is so much more about the psychology that wasn't known 50 years ago. It's all for the better, it's a beautiful sport. And although I haven't climbed for decades the love and enthusiasm is still there.

I can see how this video won. Well-written and shot, and left me in tears thinking about my own relationship with climbing and fear of falling. Thank you so much for creating this!

What a beautiful and beautifully produced short film. Loved how she pointed out the fallacy of 'learning to overcome the fear through repetition'. Every situation is different, so to practice falling only gets you so far.

The rock will make you fall… and then it will catch you. Yeah, I’m gonna get that tattooed. Thank you for this amazing, candid piece!

straight up beautiful! thank you for this movie

This was beautifully done!! Thank you 🙏🏼

Amazing video! Thank you! Listening to Cora describe her fears was like she was describing my own fears and anxieties. I cried, laughed and today I'm going to the Castle Cimbing Centre and will practice falls - and then buy my favourite food! Thank you again!

So much truth in it!!! I clearly remember the same moment when it came to me. Wonderful!

Beautiful film, I don't think I've ever related this much to a climber in a movie, thank you

Really nice and helpful video I have to say. People argue, whether it is a video about anxiety problems or climbing fear… I have to say that I am in the very same position, where I am progressing my climbing level but know, that I could have been many levels better without that mental blockade of free falling in certain cruxes of a route. Good advice on how to proceed with that! Thanks a lot!

Thank you so much for this. I have been terrified of falling for my whole life and it is the fear I've wanted to conquer the most. This only made me more enthusiastic and motivated to achieve this goal.

Thank you for sharing your fears. I feel the same and I am very happy that despite extreme fear it will be better. ☺️🌼

This is a great video. I'm facing the same problem now, I'm scare of falling. Ironically, I'm a skydiver and I still afraid of falling from the wall. But your video really help me think a lot. Thank you.

This was really inspiring. I have been bouldering for 3 years and I’m okay. Doing top rope and lead still sketches me out at times. Just gotta learn to fly.

And here I am. 100 kg heavier, because of buying my favourite food every time I fall...

Thanks for this video. I'm still struggling with fear. It's good to know I'm not alone and I have a chance to overcome this.

Very well done, thank you for making this! The feeling she is describing is exactly where I am at at the moment - I know my fear is irrational, but it is still stopping me from progressing, and there is no "quick-fix" to get over it. It needs work (and falls) again and again.. hopefully I can push through it some day.

Loved this video. Amazing conclusion at the end.

Well done^^ I love climbing. I didn't fall many times yet and I am not afraid of it. But I am afraid that the fear kicks in when I fall the first time at an inconvenient time, like when I try to clip. I really wish I get over it when it happens!

Omg, I’ve had such similar dreams. And the fear of falling is still there. I must make a plan and follow through to conquer it.

You know this video might change the way I climb forever and I have years of climbing ahead of me. And I know I will continue to climb hard until I get injured or can't anymore so this will make me move faster and push harder.

Love it, thank you!

My wife fell while lead climbing. She had just pulled over a small overhang and was crouched above it when she slipped on a greasy hold. One foot popped and the other foot was the last contact on the wall as she fell backwards. She fell with quite a bit of rotation which brought one of her feet behind the rope. Her fall brought her back into the wall below. She was not very far from the ground so I couldn't give her a soft catch and because her foot ended up behind the rope she fell completely upside down with the back of her head hitting the rock wall below her in a sickening impact. She immediately started screaming from the shock of the impact and I lowered her the short remaining distance to the ground in a panic. My son was watching on in shocked disbelief. We had both climbed lead outdoors about 100 times before this climb. But we were still relative beginners. It was only because she was wearing a helmet that she survived this accident with just a damaged thumb, some scrapes and bruises and a concussion. The back of her helmet was crushed. Maybe her climbing technique could have been better and maybe my belaying was not good. As I said we had not been climbing long. But the helmet saved her from a very serious head injury and possibly death. We both survived that trauma to be better climbers now. We are still learning. We still always wear helmets. Just like when we ride our bikes.

Nice words, extremely hard to put in practice, but last sentence is the best. "When your overcome your fear you don't fall anymore, you fly". 😍

This Is probably the best video about fear of falling i've ever watched. No trick, no trainer talking, just a honest personal experience. So touching and inspiring. Thank you.

Thank you for this inspiring film❤️

I'm right there since years.... Very inspiring! Congratulations!

Die Story ist klasse und deine Umsetzung verdient einen Preis. Wirklich sehr, sehr gut. 👍

Really beautiful film. Can relate a lot.

What a Beautiful Film. Thanks a lot 🥲

Wow what an inspiring video! As a new climber, so much resonates here

Awesome film! It touched me! This goes well with the motto of a Romanian initiative, which says: "Overcome the Impossible! Climb Again!"

That was beautiful. I think this can be applied to any part of life.

Fear of falling is currently my biggest weakness in climbing lead. I hope this gets better over time.

What an amazing film, thank you. You climb at some beautiful places, if you get a moment it would be amazing if you could list them? :-)

Excellent! Thank you!

I'm kinda going through this right now, myself. I started leading trad this year; I've got about a dozen pitches under my belt, but still have trust issues even just hanging off my gear (though redundant anchors are fine). It's probably a good thing, as I'm still learning to place well, but .. it definitely limits what you're willing to attempt. I haven't taken any really big falls on sport, but the fear is much more.. muted. Maybe that's how it should be? :) Great video, great advice, and breathtaking cinematography!

Well, all the falling training is useless if you don't wear a helmet. You never can control a fall a 100% and if you flip upside down and hit the wall with the back of your head... well, you know what can happen. Be safe guys, wear a helmet!

Thank you for the video. I climb1,5 years and still have fear of falling. I can just stop climbing and start to cry cuz of that. I try to figth with that

Brilliant, thank you !

I love this video. To me it isn't really about climbing - it is about learning anything. 😃

Really cool video, that resonated deeply with me. I also struggle with fear of falling. Sometimes i have amazing and bold days where i can push myself to my boundaries that are actually my climbing ability, not my fear of falling. Then again the next session the fear of falling could be creeping back, especially when out of my comfort zone, for example in Overhanging routes. Now my feedback: Whilst the introduction and description of the fear of falling were very well done in the video, i missed a bit of substance on her actual way of coping with it. It somehow fell from the sky that she had a good day and was starting to get over it. There is a lot more deep digging that could have been done here. But its not just time and luck, in my opinion. Getting over Fear of falling requires hard introspection, self observation and honesty, as well as a great deal of trust building with the belay partner, technique & knowledge training, as well as practicing (lead) climbing a lot. Also, one has to push oneself hard, but not too hard. The balance between "hard but not too hard" everyone has to find himself. Also, i know y'all gotta earn your living, no judgement here. But wasnt that a bit too hard on the product placement side as well? There are more subtle ways of PP imho, this video just SCREAMS every imaginable brand at you.

Beautiful short movie, I find that it goes well into the essence of this fear that, I think, we all have had at somepoint. I remember trying to on sight a 5.11a that turned into a bad 5.12 because of watery holds and mud in early season, I wasn't ready for it back then. Still, I went on about 5 or 6 clips, steadily. It was at the 3rd clip before the end of the route that, even though having a relatively stable clipping position, I fell. Major fucking whipper! Water had come out of a crack and onto one of my feet, that just flew away as I was clipping! I fell 15 meters and didn't realize it untill it had already happened. I stopped 30 cm close to a ledge and I couldn't finish the route after that. Yet at somepoint you get over it. This year I went back to another project of mine and finally passed the crux (5.12), even though having passed it I was out of energy and too afraid to finish the climb. Goes to tell you that getting over this takes time and work, but you can get there!!! Again, great video :)

Thank you so so much for these informations 🥰 Every Fall i go in a camp and we are climbing always at one day. Til yet, i was 2 times there and the first time was my first time climbing. I loved it until I was on the top. I was so scared to stretch my legs out and letting me fall... Some people had to help me. And the second time I didn't got til the top. I was to afraid 😣 Sometimes i cannot sleep at night because of the feeling that I'm different.But this video showed me how to get better and have some trust. And now I can't wait til next year 😉👍

Fantastic!

I love this video, I love these words about relationship with Rock. thanks a lot !

This was always my issue. I never fully got past it, but it did get much better. I miss climbing, like I miss an old friend.

"I had never thought about falling, although honestly I had never really fallen." - damn, if that isn't a life lesson

Awesome!

Doing some lead in Arkansas at horseshoe. I’m terrified, but trust my friends. Thanks for this.

Poetry. Beautiful.

this is ... in my opinion ... the most helpful video for any beginner ! ondra in 9b... sharma at some whitepainted wall ... digiulian on a 1000m cake ... nothing like this! great work!

I loved that quote

That’s was a great wee movie 👍🏽

I had these same dreams as a child! How odd is that that people, of so very different cultures, experiences, and nationalities, have the very same dream.

Nice video and good job overcoming the fear of falling! Which areas are you climbing in the video?

C'mon don't make a video about lead falls without wearing a helmet!!! I've seen multiple concussions that way

Beautiful short! Just one thing: check your landing zone before taking off ;)

That was beautiful. I don't know why, but watching this made get kinda emotional.

Very nicely done

Beautiful. Simply. completely beautiful.

Top roping in the gym sometimes i just panic like crazy looking up at a route. And sometimes i just feel super chilled and relaxed. I don’t know why either happens though. I don’t like heights and just hanging in the harness without holding onto something (like the rope) is about the worst feeling ever for me haha. But every time i fall off or get belayed down i tell myself to not hold (aka death grip) the rope lol. I am getting better at that! :D

You don't want to shut your fear, it's here for a reason. Aknowledge it and work with it

This just propagates fear: saying there is a fear you have to get over. I snapped my leg terribly climbing. I can say that there is a chance you have to take when climbing, and recognize it. Move on. Do not fear it. The only fear you should have is fear of not finishing the route. That is how you get strong.

Do native english speaker use the word or verb fly to describe a fall while lead climbing ? In french we sometimes use (among other terms) the noun "vol" litterally "a flight" to describe that kind of fall. Great film.

Inspiring...so true, the initial fear becomes your friend later, if you really love what you are doing :)

I have your (initial ) feeling and fear , I cannot climb because of this it is sad. In the past with al lot lot lot of training I manage to arrave at 8a level and 7b os (but more often just 7a beacuse of the scare of falling).. but nothing change .. I manage to force myself into multipitch(most 6c 7a) but nothigh change I still am so scared.. unfortunately i did not fall ever .. did 8a when I was trained for 8c ... I did 7a os when I could perform 8a os ... and this rouin all my climbing way... now I restart climbing after 5 year of total stop, i am fat , older , and I could not manage more than 6a (in the gym no fear or top rope i can do 7a) i don't want to re make my mistake I would like to try your way...how i can do ? I am almosto 60 now it is so difficult to change.

For me, I just know that I'll be afraid and accept that. I'm however, not afraid to be afraid anymore. I don't care if I'm shitting my pants every time I fall, I ignore that part of the climbing experience and focus only on what brings me joy. Maybe some day the fear itself will disappear, I don't know, but I do know that I've decided to not care if that day ever comes.

I'm a total newbie to climbing and it hasn't really occurred to me how scary it may be. I'm hoping this doesn't happen to me and hopefully I don't freak myself out. I fly airplanes, have skydived, base jumped, active in hang-gliding and paragliding weekly including some hot air balloon "over the falls" launches. I have a routine I do every time to jump or launch but being up way high, and getting tired and losing strength and perhaps focus. Any advice or info is welcome and this is all totally new to me.

I actually cried.

This is really good!

Sometimes dreams become bigger than nightmares. KEEP DREAMING.

Beautiful

people eventually get so experienced and strong that it seems they are no longer climbing but flying up

Voll guter Film! Werd jetzt öfter ans fliegen denken und nicht mehr fallen!

do you have problems with height or falling in climbing?

I literally have that same exact dream

Honestly, I never really felt too nervous about falling. I haven't ever tried anything really dangerous though because I don't want to risk my life just to experience more excitement.

If you stop having fear of falling while rock climbing, then you have a problem. Typical todays hyped up stuff...

When I fall, I am severely injured. I am very poor (no equipment) and I try to get stronger but someday I will fall to my death.

I strongly advise you to stop catching the rope as you fall....check out 'degloving finger injury'. I also recommend you read the 'rock warriors way' by Arno Ilgner if you want to get somewhere with this. I see a few things you could do differently that will help a lot.

nice content! But 8:27 what the hell is that knot?

So many falls on that rope.

highlineing scratches the itch for me

3:17 I don’t understand how it happened. His gear was bad ?

Thats the same climbing im climbing in

Hi I'm Elsa aged 8 and I lead climb and I never fall l fly🙂

My respect for the story and my congrats for the good video. But, where's the helmet?

👍👍👍

Wow very beautiful

Ahhhhhhh B12 beste Halle ❤️❤️❤️

wear a helmet and that may help! When we climb we inevitably think about our safety. We can minimize that thought about safety when we wear a helmet. Protect your head and you protect your entire life! CLIMB WITH A HELMET!