Dan noted the prosthetic and for a moment his curiosity was piqued. Though he did not say anything of it, he did understand the young man's hesitation for tackling the tougher wall.
"Don't pay attention to what the kids be doing'," he advised instead as he hooked the rope onto his harness. "There's always gonna be someone faster'en ye. Unless yer runnin' from a bear, it doesn' matter." He checked to make sure the rope was secure before grinning at the other man, "an' there not be any bears here." Unfortunate, a bear might have spiced the place up a bit.