• stanleytweedle@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Wow, knowing that dude has kids at home changes the whole equation. I guess I just assumed the kinds of people that took those risks were the kinds of people that wouldn’t let themselves have attachments or dependents because of the risks. I guess that just shows I understand people that take those risks even less than I thought I did.

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      6 months ago

      It’s an addiction. It’s like assuming a crack addict will avoid attachment. He wouldn’t get the same high with a rope, so he decided that his family has to deal with him getting his fix instead.

    • Zahille7@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      He’s been free soloing since he graduated high school. It’s basically a part of who he is at this point. I remember watching a Barbara Walters interview with him where she went to Yellowstone where he was staying, and interviewed him in his van that he was living in at the time. I’m not sure he expected to have a family at some point.