Sebastian Junger Knows Why Young Men (Start BASE Jumping)
https://medium.com/...o-to-war-f163804cbf6 I thought this article was super interesting, and I think there are plenty of parallels that can be drawn between it and why some people want to BASE jump, and why they want to get good video. I don't think it's unreasonable to believe that with the absence of a mainstream cultural rite of passage, doing other "extreme things" can be a way that men tend to fill the gap.