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Re:Alex Honnold completes Taipei 101 skyscraper climb withou... by kqr on Sunday January 25, 2026 @04:47AM (#46752413)
...which is easily misconstrued as "feeling less fear" which I don't believe for a second. If that was the case he'd be dead by now.

But it's certainly time we admit everyone feels feelings diferently. Even something basal like pain experience is hugely individual with large variation.

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Re:Alex Honnold completes Taipei 101 skyscraper climb withou... by tempestn on Sunday January 25, 2026 @05:17PM (#46759041)
I certainly believe he feels less fear. Doesn't mean he wants to die. I'm sure at an intellectual level he enjoys life and doesn't want it to end. I just doubt he gets the innate "nope nope nope" of fear that 99% of people would get when contemplating an activity like this.
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