Suddenly somewhere, sometime,  AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Well, from what I've read recently, nobody will be going to Mars. NASA has dropped the idea.It research has shown it can not be made habitable.

Crazy, but if you have a death wish - so be it, Please don't glorify this kind of (in my eyes) stupidity

When I watch this it makes me feel dizzy...

Everyone has choices and this was his.

I feel sick when I am on a ladder! There is absolutely no way I could even think about doing something like that - even when I was in my teens. I have tremendous admiration for the strength, fitness, agility and determination to complete the climb. I think what is being 'glorifed' here is exactly that. Maybe he is doing it for kudos; I certainly dont think he has a death wish. If he falls he dies; he must know that. In that respect he is not disimilar to racing car drivers, test pilots and stunt 'people', even though they do take precautions.

From someone who like others who have commented feels unsafe even a few steps up, this is both horrifying and amazing.  I have seen a documentary about him in the past and he does seem to take 'safety seriously'!  As I recall it, he is cautious (!) and not at all gung-ho.

The further major interest for me would be to know what brain architecture or brain hormone / neurotransmitter differences there are between him and say, me. If, of course, any exist at all.  And, if they do exist, are they permanent or does some relatively temporary change occur both in the planning and the execution of these escapades?  An fMRI halfway up would help!

I don't think he will be around to get the age pension.

Welcome back PIXAPD

Just wanted to add...I'd try it... if it was climbing along the footpath; ...I like gravity

Who pays for the misadventure, REALLY THIS WOULD HAVE TO CLASSED AS ELECTIVE SURGERY waiting to happen.

IF you survie ALL COSTS TO BE MADE OUT TO THESE PEOPLE, ON DEATH THEIR ESTATE.

:{(X) 

No I would not do that without saftey measures but each to their own

Don't think any insurance company would give him cover!

This would be a prized skill in remote mountainous communities throughout history.

I am non-athletic and sedentary. In history, I would have liked to be the female equivalent of Brother Cadfael, as I like cooking, gardening, reading etc. I wouldn‘t want to have been married, what with dying in childbirth, not having many rights, time to yourself etc.

What are your skills and what sort of job or role would it have filled historically?

For example, some of my ancestors were Flemish weavers with highly prized commercial skills in medieval times onwards. They fled to Scotland as persecuted Protestants, where they were welcome because of their weaving skills.

I think what this man does is a genetic skill he was born with. I am afraid of heights but a brother close to me in age had at least four skillsets I don‘t have , which would have been sought after historically. He did manage to climb a tall coconut palm under the age of seven.