In the comment section of the travelogue, one of the authors of this post wrote the following in response to another's remark saying that what they had done was very risky:<p><pre><code> First of all, I know that our trip was a risky experiment and in some way egoistic.
However, if you have a difficult aim, you just must not think so much about the
risks involved and about failing. A mountain climber also must not think about what
might happen if he makes a wrong step and falls down. He has to concentrate his
thoughts on how he can achieve his aim, otherwise he has already lost before
starting. Adventures don't happen if you're too afraid.
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I think this summarizes what type of person the author is pretty well.