THE PSYCHOLOGICAL BENEFITS OF ROCK CLIMBING

I’m lying in bed, willing myself to fall asleep. But, of course, the more that you will sleep to happen, the further away it slips from you. Especially at a time when the world seems to be falling apart, the news of the day leaves you reeling, and suddenly all the wonderful plans you had made for upcoming adventures have collapsed. So, I decide to surrender to my wakefulness. Instead of chasing sleep,

I try to remember the shapes of the handholds on the climbing project I was forced to abandon when the stay-at-home