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By Author: Paul Zayer
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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 performing in action movies. How come these guys seem not scared of anything? I'm sure that if you ask them to join you in any adventure sports and they would follow you right away. I am not a daring person. I don't like heights, fast speeds 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 would surely like to get over my inhibitions and go for it. I am an armchair sportsman; happy to observe others take extreme risks.

The thing I'd do first is skydiving if I was braver. That must be an incredible feeling, up so high and free as a bird. You would think some people are doomed as they free fall down into caves and their parachutes open just as it's getting dark. Rock climbing also looks exciting, although I wouldn't want to climb those high peaks like Everest. Climbing a mountain in Force 10 winds and frostbite eating at your ...
... feet 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. 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. From time to time I may fling a Frisbee. 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.

My fear of heights precludes me from hang gliding or a trip in a hot air balloon. My idea of relaxing time is not traveling in a wicker basket under a flammable, gas filled balloon. I'm sure it's thrilling but I would be on constant lookout for electricity pylons, not to mention a sudden drop in pressure to send me falling back to earth. Adventure sports like that are made for gutsy, optimistic people with good insurance policies.

I am waiting for the day when someone invents a hologram suite, you know, similar to the ones in the Star Trek shows. These are programmed virtual realities, in which you can ski down the side of a mountain at maximum speed and come to no harm. That's because the mountain isn't 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'll watch 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?