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2. adrenaline junkies

I once had a co-worker who was a "free climber"... the people that scale difficult cliffs and near vertical rock formations using only their hands and feet... no ropes, no harness, no carabiners and hammers, etc. just them, a bag of chalk, and possibly shoes.

He told me that, eventually, people retire from the sport when they have other responsibilities or they die.

There is no room for even 1 mistake.

I don't get it... and I have been a technical mountain climber throughout my late teens and early twenties. Never one of the extreme people, but I did scale a few dozen of the over 14K feet peaks when I lived in Colorado. But I guess it's what they want to do.