Is there a concise English translation of the Russian word and concept samochuvstvie?

Question

I am rereading accounts of the 1996 climbing disaster on Everest. Two books by Anatoli Boukreev, The Climb and Above the Clouds put emphasis on a climber's samochuvstvie.

Above 5,000 meters the participants' good form was reassuring. They had a fighting spirit and, from their external appearances, didn't look as if they had any serious problems with their health or samochuvstvie.

The translator says this word has no equivalent in English, and explains it as:

A Russian concept. An impression of a person's state of being, the combined and observable aspects of a person's mental, physical and emotional state. (The Climb, Chapter 6, Doing the Details)

A Google search pulls up an entry from Bab.la Russian-English Dictionary

general condition

This may be the best one can do for a concise translation, but it doesn't adequately describe what an Everest guide is looking for in a wanna-be Everest climber.

I'm not looking for a single word, but a concise translation that captures the spirit of the Russian. If the translator's note is as concise as it gets, that is an answer. Please note: this Q is purely curiosity-driven; I'm not looking for a free translation service.

Answer 1

The word самочувствие (transliterated here as 'samochuvstvie') has a simple sense and literally it's 'feeling yourself' (sam = self, 'o' is a linking letter, 'chuvstv' is a root of words like 'feeling' or 'to feel', and 'ie' is an ending making the whole word a noun). So it is just about how a person feels (good and healthy or sick). 'What's your [samochuvstvie]?' (how do you feel?) is a typical question a doctor asks after a patient gets some treatment. 'Samochuvstvie' can be literally 'good' or 'bad' if not described specifically by that person.

Answer 2

I don’t know Russian, but, just looking at it as a fill-in-the-blank puzzle (in English), I believe that “morale” fits.  Or “the state of being psyched [up]” in the sense of “[put into] the right psychological frame of mind” (AHD), “to prepare [oneself] psychologically” (Collins), “mentally ready for something” (Macmillan Dictionary), or “Mentally prepare (someone) for a testing task or occasion” (ODO).

Answer 3

You might try "ready, willing, and able"

Farlex¹ describes is as:

A phrase used to describe someone who is capable of and eager to do something. Our team is ready, willing, and able, boss—we just need the order to start production. The senator has inspired a huge number of volunteers who are ready, willing, and able to campaign for her presidential election bid.

and The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms² as:

Well prepared and eager to do something, as in Any time you want me to babysit, I'm ready, willing, and able.

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