Mountain climbing is all about reaching to the farthest point and trying to keep one alive and safe. Some people take risks because they need to; others take risks because they might underestimate the risk, or even ignore them, or believe that the results would be worth for them to take such risks. For example, every single broker needs to take some risks because of the nature of unpredictability of the stock market. In this case, the risk is to lose money and it’s not physical. I think people in general would avoid from physical risks because those risk might directly influence their lives. However, sometimes people just need a bit of excitement when lives get too boring, so people start riding roller coasters, bungie jumping, and playing with dangerous stuff. People start wars once in a while because of boredom (?). However, I think mountain climbing shouldn’t be put in this category. People try to conquer Mt. Everest because of their pursuit of a sense of achievement. And I do believe this is part of human nature. Although I’m a careful person, I do take risks when I think the payoff would be worthy for me to do so. However, before doing so I always try to make the risk as low as possible, and I seldom take risks because doing something risky feels good.
How do people start a war just because of boredom? I think that's pretty random but in a really weird and off topic way, it's true.
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