Link: The Barkley Marathons

[rydra_wong]

rachelmanija has a review of an article and the documentary about the Barkley Marathons ("the race that eats its young") which segues into a fascinating discussion of why extreme physical challenges can appeal, and what you might want (or not want) to do if you could wave a magic wand and make it possible for you: if you could, would you want to try the Barkley?

rachelmanija: The Barkley Marathons and pushing your limits

I think this might be relevant to many people's interests, and there's already some very interesting discussion happening in the comments.

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[rydra_wong]

I just wanted to thank you for writing this up. I am appropriately horrified (I do very badly with sleep deprivation, so the thought of sleep deprivation to the point of hallucination scares the shit out of me) and fascinated.

(And glad you get to access those moments of timeless joy.)