Sometimes you might feel fear that is unreasonable and you have to say, 'Okay, I'm okay' and keep going. It's a red flag and I can either focus and get past that situation or I can go down. Many people 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.
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.