Rock climber completes historic ascent and says, “We should be less afraid to be afraid”
The Daily Article
The Denison Forum
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🗓️ 31 December 2020
⏱️ 6 minutes
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THE DAILY ARTICLE FOR DECEMBER 31, 2020
An American free climber recently completed an historic ascent and offers us encouragement in facing our fears. Today's podcast tells her story, then we discover the biblical path to turn fears into faith that leads to God's best for the new year.
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| 0:45.0 | Emily Harrington is an American free climber, using just her hands and feet to scale rock faces, |
| 0:51.8 | with a rope to catch her if she falls. |
| 0:56.1 | Last year, she was trying to climb the famous 3,200-foot El Capitan Peak in Yosemite National Park by using the difficult Golden |
| 1:02.4 | Gate route. She fell, but fortunately escaped with cuts and bruises, after she was rescued by fellow |
| 1:08.5 | climbers. She later posted photos of her injuries on Instagram, |
| 1:13.2 | including a large abrasion on her neck, with the report, I'm banged up but going to be okay, |
| 1:18.4 | thankfully. Not much to say except I took a bad fall and pinballed a bit, then somehow hit the rope |
| 1:25.0 | with my neck. Undeterred, she tried again earlier this month. |
| 1:29.6 | Harrington fell 12 hours into the climb. |
| 1:32.5 | Her hands slipped when she was approximately 2,800 feet off the ground. |
| 1:36.9 | She hit her head, causing a deep gash. |
| 1:39.4 | However, she used makeshift plaster to stem the blood flow and start again. |
| 1:44.5 | This time, she succeeded. |
| 1:46.5 | The 34-year-old completed the task in 21 hours, 13 minutes and 51 seconds, |
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