Posts Tagged ‘Alex Honnold’
The Morbid Curiosity of Watching a Daredevil Risk His Life
Why people are drawn to watching free soloist Alex Honnold risk his life Alex Honnold climbing Taipei 101 skyscraper in Taiwan Source: Cc by 4.0 Heute The psychopathological reasons for daredevils, like free soloist Alex Honnold, risking their life for spectacle and thrill are well known. But that psychological aberration pertains to only a…
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In an interesting article in the magazine Nautilus, J.B. MacKinnon, reports that a brain scan (fMRI) of free solo climber, Alex Honnold’s brain explains why he is so willing to risk his life to climb rocks without a rope. The fear circuitry in his brain is dysfunctional. Alex Honnold climbing without a rope You may…
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