To quote Isaac Newton (no relation) " What goes up must come down! " This law of Physics is something as climbers we are all too aware of, we continue to invest huge amounts of time and energy into resisting gravity whilst travelling over vertical or overhanging surfaces. Only to then submit to falling off or lowering back down to the ground once at an arbitrary point has been reached. On the face of it a seemingly futile and worthless exercise but the source of so much emotion, passion & obsession. Up's & Down's in climbing can come in many shapes and sizes; Fit/Unfit, Injury/Peak Performance, Tired/Fresh, Good Conditions/Not so Good Conditions, Head Strong/Messy Jelly Head etc It's our ability to deal with the attachment to perceived success that determines how well we cope with the "down" times. Understanding what we have really achieved in an ascent is key and the answer never truly lies in a conceptual number (grade) or the conqueri