Everyone has her own risk tolerance. We all know people who think riding a road bike is crazy. I know plenty of roadies who think riding a mountain bike is crazy. What I think is crazy, is making a conscious choice not to live one's life, in hopes that by reducing its scope, one can increase its duration.
Which is not to say that my personal risk tolerance is as high as any of the three individuals I've mentioned. It isn't. Only that if I decide I want to try something, IMO "it's dangerous" is not a valid reason to pass it up.
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12-10-2013, 02:12 PM #1
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12-10-2013, 02:52 PM #2
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Personally I think it’s about wanting an acute level of awareness and the emotion that adrenaline feeds in to being a heightened sense of being alive. When it gets to a point that someone NEEDS that kind of rush by pushing themselves to a serious injury edge then perhaps they need to reevaluate the need to push to such higher goals.
Sorry to hear of anyone injuring themselves badly in pursuing an athletic type goal…..‘The negative feelings we all have can be addictive…just as the positive…it’s up to
us to decide which ones we want to choose and feed”… Pema Chodron
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12-10-2013, 04:07 PM #3
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I agree with this wholeheartedly. And if the reason for doing this kind of thing is intrinsic, well that's a good reason.
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12-10-2013, 07:11 PM #4
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Guys like Martyn Ashton are professionals, so while they may have started with some thrill seeking, I don't think thrill is all there is to it. At some level, they may have to out-do themselves to keep their professional gig running. Amazing control of a bike. If I had 10% of that skill, I'd be a very happy camper.
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12-14-2013, 06:13 PM #5
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Isn't Martyn Ashton a type of car?
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12-14-2013, 07:01 PM #6
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