How Meditation Helps Me Rock Climb Hard Routes

What happens when fear grips me and I’m swearing and sweaty

Illustration by Cynthia Marinakos.

Rock climbing is my moving meditation. Which I know sounds strange when many people mistakenly think I climb for an adrenaline rush.

Yet meditation, to me, is about awareness. Through climbing, I’ve become more aware of when I’m not breathing. When my fingers…