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by Fricken
2761 days ago
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There are many people in the world of climbing and mountaineering who voluntarily subject themselves to stress and fear just because, and they're not stupid, they just have different priorities. The most well known outlier is probably Alex Honnold, and he's been conditioning himself mentally for El Cap since he first scaled the walls of his crib. In the years since he's logged thousands of hours free soloing, with many close calls and moments of panic along the way. Many climbers dabble in free soloing but don't get very far before they realize "holy shit, this is scary", but Honnold keeps going back, and overrides powerful hardwired instincts for self-preservation to do it. |
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> because they perceive a reward to be had (possibly one related to validating who they see themselves as).
I think you're manufacturing a disagreement here.