Are photographers all secretly super brave?

Because, let me tell you, after watching this guy come within an inch of his life -- and not even blink -- I am amazed.

In contrast, to get a picture of how I would've reacted, you'd need to imagine Daffy Duck, with his tail on fire, being chased by flying piranhas, over a series of low-rolling hills off into the horizon. Accompanying by that Three Stooges sound effect that Curly used to make: "A-whoooo-whoo-woo-woo-woo."