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Adventure Sports - You Need To Be Audacious

How come 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 performing in action movies. These guys are not afraid of anything or what? I'm sure you would ask them to join you in any adventure sports and they would follow you right away. I am not very brave. I don't like fast speeds, heights or defying gravity. I prefer 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 go for it. I am an armchair sportsman; happy to see others take extreme risks.

The thing I'd do first is skydiving if I was braver. That must be an incredible 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 thrilling, even though I wouldn't want to climb those mountain peaks like K2. Mountain climbing in Force 10 winds and frostbite eating at your feet doesn't really appeal. I'm also far too claustrophobic for pot holing and the thought of cave diving fills me with dread.

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. I may fling a Frisbee from time to time. I think about doing something but then it's so nice to soak 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. My idea of relaxing time is not traveling in a wicker basket under a flammable, gas filled balloon. I'm sure it's exciting but I would be on continuous watch 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 hoping that one day someone will invent a hologram suite, you know, similar to the ones in the Star Trek shows. These are computerized virtual realities, in which you can ski down a mountainside at maximum speed and arrive at the bottom to no harm. That's because the mountain is not really there. Nothing is real but it seems 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 invent a few new ones. Until that time, I will observe other sport lovers do their hot dog tricks and bungee jump from skyscrapers. Does driving into the city and back count as adventure sports these days?

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