> The man could die. People die all the time doing much more mundane things > Is it for our amusement? Awe and inspiration are the first ones that came to my

> The man could die. People die all the time doing much more mundane things > Is it for our amusement? Awe and inspiration are the first ones that came to my mind actually. Nobody manipulated him to consider doing this since 2009. Rock climbing is clearly his life. > You take someone, you give him sponsors, you make him think risking his life to make a living this way is his own choice? Between fame and money, and a life working as a clerk in some office ... what choice could there be. I work with genius doctors every day at Google. Truly great people choose their lives, weather it's quietly solving problems in an office, or scaling massive cliffs without gear. People who aren't in control of their own lives tend to think other people's lives are out of control as well. Just do what you love... Passing judgement at things we don't understand is such a waste of human potential