I want to try mountaineering but I'm scared of heights

Nature is cool and shit. Post pictures of natural things.

Nobody cares about anything anymore.
Nobody wants to get together anymore.
Nobody does anything without getting paid anymore.
Nobody wants to do anything anymore.

https://youtu.be/kVaolNKt2zw
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Nobody cares about anything anymore.
Nobody wants to get together anymore.
Nobody does anything without getting paid anymore.
Nobody wants to do anything anymore.

https://youtu.be/kVaolNKt2zw
https://youtu.be/1d925iMSuLY

As it turns out these make for awful winter tires and my body on the right side hurts a lot now.
Ice might be evil.

>I lied, I don't know this area, we're lost
What do?

I am coming up with a lil thru hike idea. Hike what would start out to be a lore accurate path of the Fallout New Vegas courier from california to the building the lucky 38 is based off of in Vegas, mostly following the lore accurate path, but hitting a few side locations. It might end up being more of a route than a trail, but this is the general route I had in mind. Hike from the "Mojave Outpost" (Mountain Pass) up through primm and then to Goodsprings, then east down to Nipton, over to Searchlight, and then north hitting a few notable irl equivilent locations for the Nelson the ghost town, Helios One, Novac, and then go through Boulder City to Hoover Dam and then over into Vegas.

I have thru hiked a few times before, but not in the desert. I am aware water is a significant consideration here. Luckily many of the locations/towns are within a days walk of each other at my pace, although some places appear to have gaps where natural water or civilization/faucets would be.

What would you consider changing about the route, or anything your would specifically add? I am aware there is a lot of public land, but also a significant amount of private land like on the solar farms and military bases.

i'm lost guys

is the hiking to mountaineering pipeline or the climbing to mountaineering pipeline more common?

I'm always solo and off trail. Guns not an option. My entire setup is stealth super low profile, smokeless fire and so on. I have a knife and I carry a staff with attachable spear tip which make me feel safe. I know the sounds of all the animals even screaming owls I am used to it. There are no large predators here and it isn't the sounds of animals that scare me it's just me and my imagination which works against me. My mind invents things where there are no things so I go to bed early. I should not have to go to bed early out of fear of my own imagination. I should be able to sit in the dark and be at peace with my surroundings and relax and enjoy it. I have got better at managing it but it is still there. Even if I let my night vision adapt and I creep around knowing that I am at that point the scary creepy thing in the woods at minimum there is a persistent feeling of discomfort. Does it ever truly go away? Is being alone at night days away from a dirt road just too unnatural?