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It truly is riveting to watch insane POV like this. Same goes for some of the
Red Bull competition spine rides. I'm sure the ride is exhilarating for the
guys with the nuts and experience to pull it off. It's not for me, but I sure
do appreciate that people capture and post this stuff so I can live
vicariously.
I've got limits that I push at but it's relative to my experience and skill -
that's the key. Push your own boundaries and realize other people's edge is
much further out than your own. That being said, my own point of view is that
some of the things I see people do, including climbing Everest, it's pretty
self centered; in the end it's only for the person making the conquest. Right
or wrong, not sure who decides that one. When I see another climber,
snowboarder, cyclist, etc that 'died doing what they love', I have to wonder
if they knew that was going to be it, if they knew they wouldn't come back
from it, would they still choose to do it? Ego pushes adrenaline junkies - not
a dig, just a fact. I've got kids and people that depend on me, that's a
deciding factor on just how close to that edge I will get any more.
May 6, 2016, 11:29 a.m. - David Dickerson
#!markdown It truly is riveting to watch insane POV like this. Same goes for some of the Red Bull competition spine rides. I'm sure the ride is exhilarating for the guys with the nuts and experience to pull it off. It's not for me, but I sure do appreciate that people capture and post this stuff so I can live vicariously. I've got limits that I push at but it's relative to my experience and skill - that's the key. Push your own boundaries and realize other people's edge is much further out than your own. That being said, my own point of view is that some of the things I see people do, including climbing Everest, it's pretty self centered; in the end it's only for the person making the conquest. Right or wrong, not sure who decides that one. When I see another climber, snowboarder, cyclist, etc that 'died doing what they love', I have to wonder if they knew that was going to be it, if they knew they wouldn't come back from it, would they still choose to do it? Ego pushes adrenaline junkies - not a dig, just a fact. I've got kids and people that depend on me, that's a deciding factor on just how close to that edge I will get any more.