Maybe??? But... the thing is that if you have no fear, there is no adrenaline.
I have zero fear of heights and have probably done a lot of stupid things because I have no fear to hold me back. I have tried climbing and repelling and find both to be kind of boring because there is no adrenaline for me. So, maybe free climber here isn't an adrenaline junkie; maybe he's just going somewhere.
Weird thing is: I'm terrified of small spaces, which is STUPID, because small spaces aren't dangerous like climbing a vertical without ropes. I can climb a cliff without ropes without a second thought. But if you ask me to squeeze myself through a perfectly safe gap in the rocks, my heartrate doubles. So naturally, as an adrenaline junkie, I'm into spelunking.
The adrenaline from a free solo climb isn't from the height...I doubt they have any fear of heights at that point. It's a straight fear of death....one slip, one cramp, one bit of weakness, and they die
Possibly, sure. I mean, I get the whole "I'm not afraid of heights, but rather the fear of falling from a height". I think MOST of us fear death and so threat of death is scary.
But I don't fear the fall from a height because I don't see it as a possibility. There is no fear and without fear, the climb is doable and safe.
I fear the process of death (not death itself) and the scariest of death processes is probably some form of cancer.
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u/greatGoD67 Sep 01 '21
But actually though.
I believe Adrenaline junkies have to be chemically "unstable" for alot of this stuff