The following is an amazingly interesting article by a Forensic Psychiatrist on the psychological profile of people attracted to risk taking sports.  It also discusses some morality issues around the Death of an English mountaineer named David Sharp who was left to die along the way to the summit of Everest. 

 Should spin up some interesting conversation or at help some of the other "sensation seeking" type personalities out there learn a little bit more about what makes them tick...

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1. here's another article Written by This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , on 25-04-2008 13:32 Great one Neil though I guess we'll always wonder whether we were wired this way and attracted to these types of activities b/c of it or whether our brains rewired themselves in response to risks, questions of mortality, etc.     I am appalled at the selfish decisions that occur in high altitude mountaineering especially after reading Into Thin Air and seeing a quote by Japanese climbers who passed a troubled Indian climber on the North Face on the summit and descent-"such morality can't be afforded above 8,000 meters."    But I am glad to know that there are still others who value human life and doing everything to help save another as in this article about someone who gave up their summit bid to save another climber:  http://www.mounteverest.net/news.php?id=17155

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