being “quitty” allows you to make better choices about when to be gritty.

But much less obvious was the mental feat of quitting and turning back on Pitch 6. Once he made the decision to go for it and start climbing that morning in 2016, every force—except, obviously, gravity—was pushing him to persist. He had invested months in training. His friends, in addition to investing their time and money in the effort, were liter