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from the cliff face, but they persevered. On the eighth night of their adventure, Mark and Mike
tied themselves into their sleeping bags and bivouacked on a narrow ledge. The next morning they
would begin their final ascent: 300 feet for Mike, 600 pull-ups for Mark. After a total of more then
7,000 pull-ups, Mark’s body ached. Nevertheless, the next day pain gave way to euphoria as Mark
pulled himself up the last six inches to the top of El Capitan. He had achieved what some thought
impossible.
What motivates someone to try what others deem impossible? Having already become paralyzed
from one fall, why did he choose to risk another? What distinguishes him from those of us who,
with all limbs functioning, can barely roll out of bed in the morning to hit the snooze button on the
alarm clock? What about Mark’s friend, Mike? What made him take on the major responsibility of
helping Mark? Centuries ago, the gallant Sir Walter Raleigh, in the company of Queen Elizabeth,
wrote on a fogged windowpane, “Fain would I climb, yet fear I to fall.” The Queen responded, “If
thy heart fails thee, climb not at all.”
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CHAPTER 13
Emotion, Stress, and
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