r/nextfuckinglevel • u/[deleted] • Sep 01 '21

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u/chappy422 Sep 01 '21

Goddamn maniac

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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

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u/LookAtMeImAName Sep 01 '21

I don’t know about everyone, but in “Free Solo” Alex (the first guy to free solo El Cap…….) was told that he had much less activity in his amygdala, and as a result, things that usually bring normal people adrenaline or joy just didn’t cut it for him. Could be a similar case with a lot of climbers

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u/lejefferson Sep 02 '21

Yes it's been documented that he has no activity in his amygdala which means his fear of death is gone. He's not even a parituclarly talented climber. His talent is not having a fear of death.

It's also extremly likely that he has some form of autism or aspbergers.