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How come some people don't feel or experience fear ?. They try every adventure sports known to mankind without any efforts. Just like the stunt man performing in action movies. How come these guys seem not scared of anything? I'm sure that if you ask them to go with 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 wish I could get over my inhibitions and do some of them. I am an armchair sportsman; content to see other people take foolish risks.
The thing I'd do first is skydiving if I was braver. That must be an unforgettable thrill, up so high and free as a bird. Some people free fall down into caves and their parachutes open just as it's getting dark and you think they are doomed. Rock climbing also looks exciting, even though I wouldn't like to climb those mountain peaks like K2. Climbing a mountain in Force 10 winds and frostbite eating at your toes doesn't really appeal. The thought of cave diving fills me with dread and I'm also far too claustrophobic for pot holing.
Beach resorts all over the world are geared up for every sort of water adventure sports. Lying there while everyone else is jet skiing, parasailing, wind surfing and otherwise whizzing around makes me feel lazy. A hearty game of volleyball is the most activity I indulge in on a beach. From time to time I may fling a Frisbee. I want to do 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 continuous lookout for electricity pylons, not to mention a abrupt drop in pressure to send me plunging back to earth. Adventure sports like that are made for gutsy, 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 arrive at the bottom to no harm. That's because the mountain is not truly there. Nothing is real but it feels just like reality. In other words, it's all the thrills without the danger. If I wanted, I could do any adventure sports then and maybe even create a few new ones. Until that time, I will observe other sport lovers 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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