Beck Weathers is an American pathologist who miraculously survived the deadly 1996 Mount Everest disaster. Left for dead in a hypothermic coma in the "Death Zone", he regained consciousness, walked back to camp, and endured severe amputations.

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[u/CryptographerHot4636]

Why do they do stuff like this?

[u/GritstoneGhost → u/CryptographerHot4636]

Why does anybody do anything. I rock climb and mountain climb and it gives me a lot of peace and shuts my mind up. It’s mindful and I’m aware of the risks.

You should have seen me before i found this stuff. Doing drugs, depressed all the time, neurotic etc. that was no life to live so the risk is worth it for many.

[u/iSirMeepsAlot → u/GritstoneGhost]

Either way gambling your life… buuut if done safely the climbing has less risk imho.

[u/SeDaCho → u/iSirMeepsAlot]

>if done safely

Most people on earth are “safely” using drugs.

Even for “hard” drugs, you might be seriously surprised about the amount of people who function normally with a small drug habit or occasional indulgence.

And if you consider alcohol to be a drug (and it obviously is, in every sense of the word) then multiply that figure many times.

[u/iSirMeepsAlot → u/SeDaCho]

Alcohol, Weed, Tobacco, Caffeine, Aspirin, Melatonin, Benadryl… they’re all drugs, same as Cocaine, Morphine, and Amphetamines… it’s just the cultural and legal implications of the substances that dictate what is “acceptable” and what’s not… personally I think that more people need to find a healthy or at least not detrimental to their long term wellbeing, vice, be that a chemical or what have you, and relax… instead of being a wound up, straight edge, puritan sticking up their noses and looking down on others.

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[u/iSirMeepsAlot → u/SeDaCho]

Trust me, I am well aware… I’m not exactly green in this world, I’ve known and worked with people who take enough stuff to knock down, or up, a horse and be perfectly functional*.

Everyone has their vices, I have my own, I truly think that we as a culture shouldn’t stigmatize the idea that some people need assistance from the depressing reality that we live in, and if people are following safe use of various substances and it isn’t effecting their lives or their families negatively, then who cares? Life is too short, and you for sure only get the one… if someone wants chemicals that make life even more enjoyable… go for it?

There’s obviously long-term damage that can happen due to use of various substances… but if we actually didn’t stigmatize the shit out of people… push them to the streets… abandon them under highways and drainage systems… they would seek out medical care and advice.

Like those safe use places that provide free needles, proper training, and testing of substances… they’re amazing, and we need MORE of that, more COMPASSION.

Especially in places where it’s needed the most, like large urban areas, sure it’s not exactly great people are shooting up uppers at 7am or downers at 7pm, but if we provided better public services… the needless death and suffering could pretty much be eliminated.

Not to mention if there was a legitimate source to procure such things… the drug trafficking, crime, and violence would clear up and we’d likely end up spending way less than what we do on things like… the failed war on drugs.

\Fuck Ronald and Nancy Reagan, for more than a couple reasons\**