William Yardley explores the lives of various risk-takers and what makes them tick. C. Robert Cloninger, a professor of psychiatry and genetics at Washington University in St. Louis, states that "the need for heroic transformation is very deep in the human psyche." People take risks to make this transformation, when according to Cloninger "really the lesson that is needed is self-acceptance."
In this article Yardley uses the example of Timothy Treadwell, "Grizzly Man", who lived with grizzly bears in Alaska for many summers. Trying to find this "self-acceptance" Treadwell was killed and eaten by a bear in 2003.
This is an interesting article. It really makes you think about whats going on inside some people's head and where the line can be drawn between risk-taker and lunatic.
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Good use of quotes. I think you could push the ideas more, look up research about the topic to offer a wider perspective.
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