Conquer Fear With a Lesson From One of the Scariest Activities

How to break fear down so you can accomplish anything

Still from Alex Honnold — El Sendero Luminoso.

Some years ago, I was on vacation in Sedona, Arizona, with my family. We went on a hike in the Red Rocks country. We were with a friend of mine, a coworker who moved out to the area some years before and knew the trails well.