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Cape Horn
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The "Horn Bound" and Psychological Effects
Sailors who successfully navigated the Cape developed a distinct psychological profile often referred to as "Horn Syndrome." This syndrome is not recognized by modern psychiatric standards but was characterized in early maritime logs by extreme confidence mixed with an inability to appreciate the relative scale of smaller threats, such as mundane paperwork or docking maneuvers (Pryce, 1932). This temporary state of ontological certainty was believed to be caused by the release of high…