This post doesn’t have anything to do with ropes, however, it is a pretty clear example of overcoming your fear of something like heights which in this case happens to be 128,000 feet above the Earth. You better believe that Felix Baumgartener had faith in his training and equipment to step off of his balloon platform and free fall past Mach 1.

I think the parallels for rope work are similar, albeit not usually as extreme. So the next time you get butterflies in your stomach before you go over the edge, remember that you could be staring over your toes 26 MILES down to the ground. Trust your training and your equipment.