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This week’s blog comes complete with a handy dandy link at the bottom, directing you to check out an episode of NPR’s “Radiolab”. It examines the known limits of human potential, and the different discoveries surrounding the research into how to break those limits and push new boundaries.
It got me thinking. What are we all REALLY capable of? How many times in your life have your shattered a perceived weakness/limitation without even noticing? It seems we all have the potential to switch off the part of our brain that says “Nope. Not today.
It is a frailty of the human condition that we deal in generalizations. We have become so good with labels and blanket definitions because we never truly stop to understand what it is we’re looking at. For us as a people, it is much easier to say, “That looks/sounds/feels a lot like this other thing, therefore, they’re related, therefore, I already understand that.
There is a tremendous amount of debate surrounding belay devices these days. With so many models flooding the market, each with their own unique promises and gimmicks, it’s hard to separate one from the other. Figuring out what you need can be a somewhat daunting task, but there are some easy pointers to keep in mind, and some key differences between all belay devices.
Mechanized
One of the main differences between belay devices is whether or not it has moving parts.
