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> In case it goes sideways, he just does not care much. I don't think it's that. In some video online it covers Alex getting a brain scan, to determine if the
by pen2l 7y ago
> In case it goes sideways, he just does not care much.
I don't think it's that. In some video online it covers Alex getting a brain scan, to determine if the part responsible for fear is maybe broken. It turned out that it wasn't, it was just that Alex was such an experienced climber that he knows with full confidence what he has to do and what his limitations are. Him failing doesn't really factor in the calculus of his mind as a possibility.
- balfirevic 7y agoWasn't the conclusion that his fear response is greatly attenuated? http://nautil.us/issue/39/sport/the-strange-brain-of-the-worlds-greatest-solo-climber http://nautil.us/issue/39/sport/the-strange-brain-of-the-wor...
- bart_spoon 7y agoThe brain scan is from the documentary, which if I remember correctly did result in the conclusion that his brain does not function like a normal human's in the context of fear.