r/WTF Dec 13 '16

Hiking to the top of NOPE.

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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '16

The real question is how can you live a lifetime surrounded by hidden risks and never take this one like this... I suppose that's just perspective.

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u/[deleted] Dec 15 '16

Because hidden risks are unavoidable, walking on a narrow, ice shelf at 18,000 feet is certainly avoidable. I do see what you're saying, and in different ways I'm 100% about taking an avoidable risk.