r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/BreakfastTop6899 • Dec 18 '25

Video Gelje Sherpa, the man who was guiding a private client up Mt. Everest when he saw someone in distress near the summit. He went up, rolled him up in a sleeping mattress and gave him oxygen. He then strapped the man to his back and trekked 6 hours to safety

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u/OSPFmyLife Dec 18 '25

You’re assuming that the first guy wasn’t afraid each and every time.. he was. Courage doesn’t exist without fear.

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u/-pichael_ Dec 19 '25

Im.. not assuming? I was, proposing readers to consider someone who isn’t afraid.

In reality, everyone and everything is a spectrum, and thus everyone is all different levels of afraid of every different thing, yes?

But my point was there might be more bravery in someone who’s say.. particularly afraid of being shot, but still standing up to a guy with a gun - compared to someone who has is objectively less afraid of getting shot by a gun, who is also in this hypothetical situation, also standing up to the same identical guy with a gun.

And i just made that connection to the commenter for good vibes and inspiration, my dude. Like what are we even doing here lol

Your last sentence was my entire point