It's a red flag and either I can focus and get past that situation or I can go down. Many people when they see climbing, they think climbers are crazy. It comes from people who don't know what climbing is all about. People who understand climbing know it's a pretty controlled environment. But they don't understand the equipment or the process of climbing.
Life is dangerous.
It's guaranteed that we're all going to die, so we might as well have a good time and be careful, but you could die walking across the street. The only time I pushed my limits, was when I had to. On occasion, I'll find myself in a dangerous situation where I don't have the option to go down. First rule of climbing is don't fall. I push my limits fairly often and it's challenging.