ickplant@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 4 days agoCzech climber Adam Ondra climbing El Capitán in Yosemite National Parklemmy.worldimagemessage-square84fedilinkarrow-up1355arrow-down111
arrow-up1344arrow-down1imageCzech climber Adam Ondra climbing El Capitán in Yosemite National Parklemmy.worldickplant@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 4 days agomessage-square84fedilink
minus-squareSassyRamen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up40arrow-down3·4 days agoA what point does it change from unique hobby to death wish?
minus-squaremoody@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up25·4 days agoIt’s hard to see from the shrunken picture, but he has a rope to catch him if he falls. The likelihood of an injury is very low.
minus-squarecorsicanguppy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·4 days ago A what point does it change from unique hobby to death wish? 100% when you remove the safety gear. The mountain, you see, is in nature; and Nature doesn’t give a fuck about your inability to fly once you pop off that flake.
minus-squareshoo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down1·4 days agohttps://brainasap.com/adrenaline-addiction-rock-climbers-thrill-seeking-behavior/ I’m all for letting people have the hobbies they want, but adrenaline junkies are literally wired differently. Kind of weird that they get put on a pedestal for being the “right” kind of neurodivergent.
minus-squarehemko@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 days agoHalfway through reading this I realized I’m addicted to mountain biking lmao
minus-squarekelpie_returns@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 days agoBetter than than cigs, if nothing else
minus-squareanomnom@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoSkiing here, I’d jump off some stupid stuff if I could afford to get there.
minus-squareAlexstarfire@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·4 days agoWhen you stop caring about safety.
minus-squareSylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 days agoWhen they go from this to free solo. Especially on such a hard route.
minus-squareDeath_Equity@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·4 days agoWhen the likelihood of death is knowingly greater than the safety precautions taken to avoid death.
A what point does it change from unique hobby to death wish?
It’s hard to see from the shrunken picture, but he has a rope to catch him if he falls. The likelihood of an injury is very low.
100% when you remove the safety gear.
The mountain, you see, is in nature; and Nature doesn’t give a fuck about your inability to fly once you pop off that flake.
https://brainasap.com/adrenaline-addiction-rock-climbers-thrill-seeking-behavior/
I’m all for letting people have the hobbies they want, but adrenaline junkies are literally wired differently. Kind of weird that they get put on a pedestal for being the “right” kind of neurodivergent.
Halfway through reading this I realized I’m addicted to mountain biking lmao
Better than than cigs, if nothing else
Skiing here, I’d jump off some stupid stuff if I could afford to get there.
When you stop caring about safety.
When they go from this to free solo. Especially on such a hard route.
When the likelihood of death is knowingly greater than the safety precautions taken to avoid death.