Anyway to the OP, just a little thing here from someone who influenced my life to some degree.
"When we take the gods as facts, rather than metaphors, then we get lost in debating the merits of the facts rather than apprehending their meaning. The fundamentalist ties his or her beliefs to the facts and narrows the spiritual vitality by fighting rear-guard actions against disputation. On the other hand, the atheist disputes the evidence, gets confused by the institutional forms to which he or she has been exposed, and misses the possible deepening which occurs whenever one confronts the meaning of divinity."
We all have different amounts of taste buds on our tongues varying from around 30-90 per square centimetre. It is believed that those with the higher proportion of taste buds (supertasters) are less likely to have a sweet tooth because they are more sensitive to taste. This could also explain why our tastes vary so much.
With roped (protected) climbing apart from the weight and drag of up to 50m of rope to pull up behind you, there is the extra weight of all the 'gear' you will have strapped around your waist. Also you have to stop often to place protection which can be extremely tiring as you have to have one hand free to select the correct piece of gear for the situation. If however you are climbing bolted routes as opposed to traditional (natural) routes then you just have to clip the ready placed bolts...this is somewhat easier than traditional routes but placing bolts on most crags in the uk is very much frowned upon. So, apart from the physcological aspect, free climbing is physically less demanding...but leaves absolutely no room for error...
Technically solo climbing is easier than roped (protected) climbing, but of course physcologically far more demanding. To physically climb a route as long and sustained as this is an achievement in itself, but to climb it unprotected is really something else. It was in fact her fourth solo ascent of that route.
It's a difficult and most disturbing thing to go through, but you would if it meant almost certain death for you, especially if meant two fatalities instead of one.
I did post one of his vids where he gives his views on spiritualism...I seem to remember he referred to it as "the truth" or words to that effect. But then he does always keep it real.
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RE: Is there any conclusive proof of God?
Confusion is of the mind. To find god you have to go beyond the mind...be still and you will find 'god,' or whatever label you want to use.