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		JabavuAdams on Dec 7, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Everest is littered with dead, exposed bodies Some people like extreme situations. I remember the John Krakauer Book _Into Thin Air_, about an Everest disaster, made me want to climb it -- I haven't. It's the whole "yeah people die, but it won't be me" attitude. I remember coming out of Saving Private Ryan thinking "that looks like fun", despite what I know intellectually.

joe24pack on Dec 8, 2010 [–]

> I remember coming out of Saving Private Ryan thinking "that looks like fun", despite what I know intellectually.

Going through live fire infiltration training cured me of any such sentiment.

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