Alex Honnold Scales El Capitan Without Ropes, and the Climbing World Reels

Re:Alex Honnold Scales El Capitan Without Ropes, and the Cli... by pcmonk on Tuesday June 06, 2017 @06:33PM (#14502044)

Sounds like a bad idea to me. People like Alex have a pretty short life expectancy.

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Re:Alex Honnold Scales El Capitan Without Ropes, and the Cli... by komali2 on Tuesday June 06, 2017 @06:39PM (#14502102)

But what a life they lead.

Considering you and I have a 100% chance of death anyway, I see the attraction.

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Re:Alex Honnold Scales El Capitan Without Ropes, and the Cli... by pcmonk on Tuesday June 06, 2017 @06:57PM (#14502209)

Oh, I agree. I guess I'm saying that if you want to live that life, that's great, go shrink your amygdala. However, if you haven't chosen that, then a smaller amygdala may not help you live a better life.

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Re:Alex Honnold Scales El Capitan Without Ropes, and the Cli... by weaksauce on Tuesday June 06, 2017 @08:15PM (#14502687)

reducing the amygdala would be a win in stress and anxiety management though which would touch all aspects of life.

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Re:Alex Honnold Scales El Capitan Without Ropes, and the Cli... by vlasev on Tuesday June 06, 2017 @09:32PM (#14503061)

And that's the point. A lot of us walk around with certain fears that would be best to be put behind us. This kind of thing helps, indeed.

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Re:Alex Honnold Scales El Capitan Without Ropes, and the Cli... by vlasev on Tuesday June 06, 2017 @09:33PM (#14503064)

This stuff is not so that you'd go out there and live a life like Alex. It's more of a, face some of your own irrational fears, sort of thing.

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