Adventure Sports - You Need To Be Daring
By: Paul Zayer
It's interesting to notice how some people don't feel or experience fear. They can do almost any adventure sports in the world without fear. Just thinking about the stunt man you see in action movies. How come these guys seem not scared of anything? I'm sure you would ask them to join you in any adventure sports and they would follow you right away. I don't think of myself as a brave person. I don't like fast speeds, heights or defying gravity. I like my feet to be firmly on the ground. The only vaguely exciting activity I have ever done is skiing, which I loved. Adventure sports do not suit me but I would surely like to get over my inhibitions and do some of them. I am an armchair sportsman; content to watch others take extreme risks.
The thing I'd do first is skydiving if I was braver. That must be an unforgettable feeling, up so high and free as a bird. You would think some people are doomed as they free fall down into caves and their parachutes open just as it's getting dark. Rock climbing also looks exhilarating, although I wouldn't want to climb those high peaks like Everest. Climbing a mountain in Force 10 winds and frostbite eating at your fingers doesn't really interest me. The thought of cave diving fills me with dread and I'm also far too claustrophobic for pot holing.
Almost every sort of water adventure sports are offered in beach resorts around the world. I do feel lazy, lying there whilst everyone else is jet skiing, parasailing, wind surfing and otherwise whizzing around. The most activity I indulge in on a beach is a hearty game of volleyball. From time to time I may fling a Frisbee. I think about doing something but I always end up soaking up the sunshine and there is also all that food and drink to consume.
Hang gliding or a trip in a hot air balloon doesn't go along with my fear of heights. Traveling in a wicker basket under a flammable, gas filled balloon is not my idea of a relaxing time. I'm sure it's thrilling but I would be on constant guard for electricity pylons, not to mention a abrupt drop in pressure to send me falling back to earth. Adventure sports like that are made for brave, optimistic well insured people.
I am waiting for the day when someone invents a hologram suite, you know, like the ones in the Star Trek shows. These are computerized virtual realities, in which you can ski down a mountainside at breakneck speed and come to no harm. That's because the mountain isn't truly there. Nothing is real but it feels just like reality. In other words, it's all the thrills without the spills. If I wanted, I could do any adventure sports then and maybe even create a few new ones. Until that time, I'll watch others do their hot dog tricks and bungee jump from high places. These days, does driving into the city and back count as adventure sports?
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