As someone attracted to this sort of thing, I have to say that it has nothing at all to do with the risk of death. Putting the fear of death into a simulated ex

As someone attracted to this sort of thing, I have to say that it has nothing at all to do with the risk of death. Putting the fear of death into a simulated experience would do nothing for me. And for the record I would _prefer_ to be able to do extreme mountaineering without the risk of dying. Risk of death just happens to be what comes with the territory when pushing oneself to the limits of endurance.