[Matt22045]

For one thing, except for climbing Mount Everest (which isn’t done by that many people), none of those activities are really life-threatening. If they were, so many people wouldn’t do them. Many folks do those things for the roller coaster effect. It gives them a simulation of being on-edge, without actually putting their life in real danger. For example, riding a bungee cord gives a person a chance to experience falling what would normally be a lethal distance without having that sudden stop at the end. Whitewater rafting gives people the ability to enjoy the slings and arrows of wild rivers without actually having to learn how to paddle. Now, people who paddle canoes rather than rafts may have a different motive: a canoe is far more efficient and graceful, but of course is much easier to sink if you don’t know what you’re doing. The application of time into skill means that perhaps they are there for reasons other than the roller coaster factor, as acquiring skills often bores the roller coaster fan. As for the bluff climbers, there seems to be a mixture of interests. Some, like many canoeists, are there to experience nature more closely to the way it is, moving backward in time in an attempt to discover where we come from. To others, it’s a social event, or even an ego trip (some do it so they can talk about doing it, but they don’t go very far). And still some do it for the thrill. Rock climbers often intrigue me because, ironically, at times the thrill-seeking firebugs actually have a few years of experience under their belts.

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