Training for Mountaineering: The Psychology of Risk and Fear
Uphill Athlete Podcast
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Do You Have That Personality Trait That Drives You to Do Extreme Sports?
I think if we anecdotally look at the people who are pursuing kind of mountaineering or the extremes of sports we often think of them as almost outsiders or kind of misfits in a way. Do you think that there's an element of personality type that also causes or can cause a disjointedness with society and like relating to other people? I just be curious is that something that you inherently have maybe if you have this personality trait or is that a like nature versus nurture kind of thingWell it's both like we definitely have those personality traits right and that's what makes us who we are and it puts us in the situations however people don't necessarily that have those Personality traits pursue
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