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We pit ourselves against the elements not so much to see them, but to test our mettle. This ritual of self-imposed challenge uses danger as a tool, as a way of guaranteeing the challenge is real. Without danger, we would have nothing to lose, and therefore nothing to gain.

We pit ourselves against the elements not so much to see them, but to test our mettle. This ritual of self-imposed challenge uses danger as a tool, as a way of guaranteeing the challenge is real. Without danger, we would have nothing to lose, and therefore nothing to gain.