Agreed. Live life to the fullest! They’re not hero’s but damn, they were living life to the fullest. I ride fast motorcycles and shoot and blow things up and eventually it may catch up to me, but I have no regrets. I’m 52 and will not go to my death just sitting around waiting to die.
I think there are also more practical reasons to climb, hike, ride, race, or whatever. It’s an excellent test of your gear and a great way to develop advanced skills, should you ever need them for any reason. And I mean not only the skills to traverse a peak or survive extreme elements, for example, but also the skills to organize and lead others to do so.
RIP, friends.
Besides ego, I think there are also more practical reasons to climb, hike, ride, race, or whatever. It’s an excellent test of your gear and a great way to develop advanced skills, should you ever need them for any reason. And I mean not only the skills to traverse a peak or survive extreme elements, for example, but also the skills to organize and lead others to do so.
RIP, friends.
(Apologies for my double post)
Amen, amen, AMEN!!!
I shoot, too, at big plate-steel targets in timed runs with .45 Long Colt single-action Vaqueros in each hand; lever-action Marlin; and side-by-side hammerless Stoger 12-gage! I enjoy shooting MUCH more than I expected, and it took me quite awhile to figure out exactly WHY. It's because it's such an adrenalin rush! Much better than sitting on the sideline watching OTHER people shoot and worrying about how dangerous it is.