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

Re:Alex Honnold Scales El Capitan Without Ropes, and the Cli... by viraptor on Tuesday June 06, 2017 @07:31PM (#14502439)

I've never heard anyone describe themselves as a reckless or unsafe driver. I'm sure majority of people before accidents say they're conservative drivers.

Maybe he's right, but... self-assessments of skills are rarely useful. Survival bias and all that.

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Re:Alex Honnold Scales El Capitan Without Ropes, and the Cli... by skookumchuck on Tuesday June 06, 2017 @09:54PM (#14503132)

A combat fighter pilot once told me that 90% of pilots were fearful they were not good enough, and covered it up with bravado and drinking. The other 10% knew they were good enough.

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Re:Alex Honnold Scales El Capitan Without Ropes, and the Cli... by zackbloom on Tuesday June 06, 2017 @10:53PM (#14503351)

*weren't good enough

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