@TigerLily You might find this interesting - it is an interview with Neal Beidleman whom was one of the guides up on Everest in 1996 when that Into Thin Air tragedy occurred and a number of climbers died. Apparently this show focuses on fishing and is hosted by a former Olympic skier but they branched out here and it was a great interview. The hosts know when to ask a good question and when to hush up and let the guest speak. Beidleman is an interesting dude - besides a great sportsman, he is an engineer at NASA.
Oh my god
@Walks_At_Night ! I loved this interview. I was attracted to it because when I saw the guys, I was immediately like "these are Boulder guys" so decided to take a watch, thinking I'd just watch a few minutes but stayed for the entire thing.
I had a personal reaction to this on a few different levels.
First, I was thinking about what we know as individuals, what we're comfortable with, and what seems normal in terms of social grouping. These three I feel like I've known so many like them- they're normal, they're comfortable, their stories are interesting and I've sat around bullshitting with these "kinds of people" over coffee or beer many times. I recognized them right away and felt interested and comfortable so stayed around to watch the whole episode- which, btw is outside my interest, so surprised me, Until I realized WHY I stayed.
Because I felt comfortable and recognized them. This hit me particularly because yesterday I was listening to an interview with a man that helps navigate at risk youth and active gang members get out of that lifestyle and cycle. He called it violence interruption. It was a timely interview because we've had three recent shootings in Aurora involving high school aged kids (13-19). He told a story that illustrated how well he recognizes and relates to these kids. I didn't get it, I couldn't relate at all.
My second thought was how strange it is that people purposely put themselves in life and death situations outside of war or saving a family member during a natural disaster type situation. THAT part I cannot understand or relate to at all.
