Reinhold Messner, on Aug. 20, 1980. was the first human being to achieve a feat considered impossible by science, climbing Everest (8,848 meters) without the use of oxygen, and then going on to climb all 14 eight-thousands with this approach.
We must remember that limits (Alberto Cei, 2021) are often only mental, and even this statement might sound like rhetoric. However, if we look at the facts, many experiences document how the pursuit of the record, of the absolute proof of value so far never achieved are nothing but the realization of the motto of a famous company that states, “Nothing is impossible.”
Absolute-level sport thrives on these experiences in which the goal is to challenge the impossible, to overcome supposed physical and mental barriers, and to achieve feats deemed impossible; it is not . a coincidence that it is said that records are made to be broken . . it is possible to equip ourselves to achieve this goal by building a sports culture that has this foundation and trains young people to develop a mindset based on this way of being. In these moments we look for .the divergent., as in the Veronica Roth saga, because. they represent the solution and challenge evil knowing that they can succeed even if they will have to struggle without having the certainty of the outcome.
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