Who are you most in awe of?
 

Famous or not.

For me, it's Alex Honnold. I was in awe of his ascent of El Capitan in Free Solo. It made any traditional athlete you could name look like a child. They don't die if they drop a pass or strike out with the bases loaded.

Shackleton.

Whoa! Yes, big brass ones.

Alex Honnold seems so non chalant about the whole thing, I guess in all facets of life there's people pushing limits and it's normal to them

David Goggins is one of them, now an ultra marathoner, once a Navy seal...his book is a great read

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My wife. And Niki Lauda.

Felix Baumgartner. Balls of steel to jump from the edge of space.

Admittedly there are lots of people who do great things but in my life, my wife would also be right up there at the top for me.

I don't do "hero worship" well...

The regular person. Who does what's right and stays in their lane without fanfare. All the faceless nameless people of the world that makes this world a wonderful place.

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Those tunnel rats in Vietman

That is a good one, and something I could never have done myself. I cannot think of anything more terrifying.

cancer patients

Do you mean the North Vietnamese or the GIs who went down the tunnels looking for them?

This...

Me neither and well said.

I'd do that in a heart beat! Also the idea of hitting the right county, much less a much smaller target is a little daunting.

There are so many. How bout' those men that were sent into the reactor at Chernobyl knowing they are going to die of horrible death but did it anyway?

Alex Honnold's free solo was a coin flip - from death. He trained for the ascent while roped up. And fell multiple times trying to solve several passages. He failed at the "boulder problem" about half of the times he tried it.

I hope he retires. Those free solo guys don't live too long if they keep at it.

Oh, and Blackbird pilots.

Charlie.....you know......the one who lives near Santa Cruz.......

And their caregivers.

For those who admire Bumgartner. Check out Luke Aikins. 25,000 feet into a net without a chute.

John Glenn

Bless you for that.

Both sides of my family have served this country well in peace and war; we are good to go. We made our choices and have done very well.

My wife, who suffered at the hands of an abusive father and mother, took blows to protect her brother, still found the ability to try and make her tormentors better.

From her no choice in parents to making a decision to break the cycle of violence, I remain in awe.

agreed buddy

Hmm.. If you're talking about me, then that makes two. You, and my dog.

Micheal, and Joey Dunlop of "Isle of Man" fame.

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I have been the patient all my life...it's my wife that puts up with me, that is the real hero.

This reminds me of a Jimmy Buffett lyric
"Read dozens of books about heroes and crooks
And I learned much from both of their styles"

I am in awe of many people, and try to be more like them. Example: I have had the privilege of hearing talks by noble prize winners (6 at last count), every one inspirational.
I am in awe of many other people, unfortunately a growing number. Amazed at how they can, hmmm, sell so much bull$h!t without being run out of town.
I may not be buying what they are selling, but I admire their sales skill.

I'm in the same boat......SmileWavy

Colonel Edwin Eugene "Buzz" Aldrin Jr.

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Mom. Female doctor when they did not really have female doctors. The few they had were Ob/Gyn or Pediatrics. She was an anesthesiologist, could not get a residency in anything but Ob/Gyn or Pediatrics in Nebraska, so she moved. When she started, she was one of two women in that field in California. She is a tough lady, iron will, and one of the smartest people I have ever known.

She may also still have the highest motor ability score for a school aged girl in Nebraska. She did when she went to her 40th high school reunion. Friend of hers worked for the state in the department that tracked those scores and told her she still was number one.

Men that go into war.

Definitely my grandson. He fought cancer for two years. I will never forget seeing him coming home from school wearing a huge backpack and a big, big smile. The backpack carried the chemo drugs and the pumps the injected them into his little body 24 hours a day. The smile - it was just him. His spirit was unconquerable. He was always happy and smiling - in good spirits to his final day.
I don't know how he did it. I would be so pissed off.
He made it almost to his 7th birthday.

For me it’s my father. He was a Holocaust survivor that lost his first wife and infant child to the gas chambers. He was strong willed and survived being shuttled from Auschwitz to Treblinka to Berkinau. He had a lot of luck along the way. I have never known anyone that was able to put so much behind him and harbor very little animosity.

+1 but my wife not yours ;)

Everyone involved with the return of Apollo 13. They had almost no chance to get back safely at first.
The movie showed one scene where the astronauts raised their voice in an argument. That NEVER happened. Those three heros did their duty, and the real recordings are three guys talking about what to do next at a professional level, like someone at no risk of death.
The ground crew was the folks working at 100% of the best of the best brains on the planet.
They solved an near impossible problem, in an impossible time limit.

Luigi Chinetti. Won the 1949 Le Mans, driving 23 hours.

Jesus Christ of course....

Marcus Luttrell, and all who have stood the line and returned, as well as the ones who did not.
And then to be so humble.