This for Jim literally talks about the ice wall he is about to scale and how unstable it is. Any decision he makes even ones that looks good on the surface could result in him falling. This blurb means a lot to me personally. While i may not be scaling a wall but i have had similar experience both physcially and mentally. In track and feild i ran the intermediate hurdles and this event in my opionion is the most diffuclt event on the track. not only do you need good 400m speed and staminia but also 10 hurdles are placed between you and the finish line. When running this race for the first time my insctinct was to run it as a 400m race, but its not a 400m race because if you have to count your steps to each hurdle and perfeclty time you "jump"