Human risk-taking behavior Zhang Baotong 2018.10.30

A few days ago, I told my wife that a South Korean mountaineering team was hit by a heavy snowstorm while climbing the inaccessible Gulga Peak in the Himalayas, killing all five South Korean team members and four Nepalese guides. When the wife heard this, she said, "It's so dangerous, why should they take any chances?"

This question stopped me all at once. yes, why should those Korean climbers take the risk? So, I read the news again. It turned out that they wanted to explore a new path to the summit of the inaccessible Gulga Peak, and named it the "Korean Road". This made me feel that the meaning of their mountaineering was too unusual, and they were risking their lives for the honor of their homeland.

This reminds me of a question that I have been hiding in my heart for many years: when I was in college, the United States and the Soviet Union were engaged in a space race, and Gagarin in the Soviet Union and Amsterdam in the United States were admired by the world. One of them was the first person to fly through space, and the other was the first person to land on the moon, so they became the space heroes of mankind. At the time, I didn't understand it, thinking that they were playing with their lives, and if the spaceship broke down in space, they would never fly back. If it were me, I'd rather not be that hero than take that risk. Because I have a fear of heights, I get dizzy when I stand on a high place.

Later, I watched Marie Curie refine the radioactive element radium in asphalt, for which her body was exposed to radiation and she died of leukemia. However, she invented the technique of separating radioactive isotopes and discovered two new elements, polonium and radium. Under her guidance, radioisotopes were used for the first time in the treatment of cancer. There are also the Wright brothers of the United States, keen on flight research, and through many studies and experiments, they have been testing manned gliders over the dunes of Kitty Hawk for several years. Their "Aviator 1" finally made a successful test flight in North Carolina, USA. and Columbus's seafaring adventures, which ushered in a great era of European exploration and colonization of overseas territories that would continue for centuries, and had an immeasurable impact on the historical development of the modern Western world. In search of the northeast route, the Dutchman Barents led expeditions to the Barents Sea five times, and sailed along the west and north shores of Novaya Zemlya twice to reach the Kara Sea. In honor of this indomitable explorer, the sea where he was buried was named the Barents Sea.

One adventure after another story made me suddenly understand that the history of human evolution itself is an epic of adventure. When our ancestors were still in a primitive state, it was through the adventurous way of hunting beasts and seeking a way to survive that human beings have survived tens of thousands of years of life and death. Therefore, the gene of adventure has always flowed in our human blood, guiding us to constantly challenge and conquer the mountains and dangerous peaks that stand in the way of progress through adventure.

Their adventures are not simply a search for excitement, nor are they meant to show their extraordinary personal courage, but out of dedication to society, challenging the limits of humanity. This kind of adventure is not a meaningless adventure, still less an impulsive and willful act, but a sense of responsibility for the benefit of mankind. It is precisely because of these fearless pioneers and warriors that our society has developed so rapidly.

Some people believe that humans had a risk-taking habit in prehistoric times. At that time, there were two kinds of primitive people on earth. One type of person nests and settles down, living on the surrounding plants and small animals. The other kind of people dare to open up new horizons. This wandering life increases the risk of death, but it also leads to more and more delicious food.

People have always had two different attitudes towards risk-taking. One is like Li Shizhen, who traveled all over the famous mountains and rivers, risked his life to be poisoned, tasted all the herbs, and wrote the famous "Compendium of Materia Medica". One is like a matador, fighting a bull to take risks. This kind of person seems to be brave, but he is not respected. Because they do it just for the sake of stimulation. There are even more jaw-dropping extreme adventures. Once, Jim and Booz were engaged in a life-and-death battle of courage. They face a cliff and step on the accelerator to see who can jump out of the car before they can rush off the cliff. As a result, the two drove straight towards the cliff. I saw the edge of the cliff. The canyon was in front of them, and at this point, they had to jump out of the car. However, whoever jumps out first loses. The front of the car had already spun off the cliff, and Jim slammed into the car door in the last moment, falling headlong to the ground. So, Booz won. Because his car had already rushed off the cliff and into the abyss. He paid with his life for it. This thrilling practice of bringing the "adventurous spirit" into full play is really an extreme ignorance of treating life as child's play.

But in reality, few people will take life as a child's play. Every adventure has its own profound and important significance. Because everyone knows that life is precious, and every adventure is a challenge to life. Therefore, this is not something that ordinary people can think of and do. For example, Jing Ke assassinated the King of Qin; outwitted Weihu Mountain; when Wu Shi was sent by the Chinese Communists to Taiwan to go undercover; in the Hengyang fire, when the firefighters faced a building that was about to collapse, did they know that they could come back after going here? We can see the consequences of such an adventure from their heroic and tragic expedition. If it weren't for the great knowledge and courage and the righteousness of the people, it would be impossible to take such a risk.

Let us relive the scene when the Chinese mountaineering team triumphantly climbed Mount Everest at 4:20 on May 25, 1960, and appreciate and feel the great significance brought by that adventurous spirit. That night, when the cold wind was howling and the night was thick, when Wang Fuzhou, Kampot and Qu Yinhua reached an altitude of about 8,830 meters, the oxygen of the three people had all been used up, and they began to climb the high-altitude anaerobic climb that had never been seen in human history. Due to the severe lack of oxygen, they have headaches, dizziness, wheezing, weakness, and have difficulty moving, stopping to rest after walking a few steps. It wasn't until they walked up a rocky slope that the three of them climbed to a place where rocks and snow meet. This was the summit of Mount Everest, which was 8,882 meters above sea level at that time. This is the first time in human history that the world's highest peak has been climbed from the north slope.

Kampot took out a five-star red flag and held it high with both hands, letting the national flag flutter in the wind. Then he put the red flag and a plaster statue of *** bust, together with a note written by Wang Fuzhou, on the edge of a rock at the bottom of the summit, and pressed it with gravel. After the incident, newspapers and periodicals around the world prominently published the news that the Chinese mountaineering team had climbed Mount Everest from the north slope. This is the north face of Mount Everest, which was thought to be impossible to climb. It embodies the heroic spirit of the Chinese people who are not afraid of hardships and dangers and have the courage to climb, and inspires the Chinese people to strive for progress and create the future. Without such adventurous and dedicated, a country and nation would not have become an excellent and powerful country and nation, and would not have stood tall among the nations of the world.

No matter what era human beings are in, adventure is always a valuable spirit to explore the unknown world. Captains sail into unfamiliar waters, scientists study dangerous diseases, entrepreneurs invest in new ventures, and astronauts fly through space in spaceships. Even driving is an adventure, and novice drivers are always afraid to get on the highway at first, but people can get used to a certain risk and overcome their fears by practicing. For example, acrobats walk tightropes, always practising from the ground first, then slowly leaving the ground before finally entering the high-altitude tightrope.

The spirit of continuous exploration of human beings is eternal, and it is precisely because of this spirit of exploration that today's social civilization has emerged. Many people have given their precious lives in the process of exploring nature, and their spirit of exploration and adventure will always be a valuable asset to future generations.

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