Adventure Sports - You Need To Be Adventurous

It's interesting to notice how some people don't feel or experience fear. They try every adventure sports known to mankind without any efforts. Just like 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 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 heights, fast speeds or defying gravity. I need my feet to be firmly on the ground. The only vaguely exciting activity I have ever done is skiing, which I loved. Adventure sports are not really for me but I wish I could get over my inhibitions and go for it. An armchaired sportsman is more likely what I am; content to observe others take extreme risks.

If I was braver, the thing I'd do first is skydiving. That must be an unbelievable 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 Everest. Climbing a mountain in Force 10 winds and frostbite eating at your feet 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. A hearty game of volleyball is the most activity I indulge in on a beach. I may fling a Frisbee from time to time. I want to do something but then it's so nice to soak up the sunshine and there's 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 constant watch 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 people with good insurance policies.

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 breakneck speed and come to no harm. That's because the mountain is not really there. Nothing is real but it looks 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 invent a few new ones. Until that time, I'll watch other sport lovers do their hot dog tricks and bungee jump from high places. Does driving into the city and back count as adventure sports these days?

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