Monday, June 25, 2007
Bruce, it's a great topic to mine. Another random thought that might be relevant, which your sport of mountain biking served as a reminder--different activities have different consequences of screwing up--(for the most part) in cave diving, you don't have to worry about being injured, just dying. Maybe sky diving as well? And I'm really not trying to be cute here--my fear of death pales in comparison to my fear of serious injury.
Perhaps if you want to try and assess risk, you really should be assessing how much you love to do something. I remember telling a friend not to worry if I died cave diving, because it was an amazingly peaceful experience that I loved. Dan Osman obviously dug the sh_t out of what he did and it's easy to imagine a similar response from a man who will always be connected to the concept of risk. Although it's difficult for me to see how spending the rest of your life in a wheelchair would be worth the experience of jumping over fences with a horse, I'm sure there are those who can.
Perhaps if you want to try and assess risk, you really should be assessing how much you love to do something. I remember telling a friend not to worry if I died cave diving, because it was an amazingly peaceful experience that I loved. Dan Osman obviously dug the sh_t out of what he did and it's easy to imagine a similar response from a man who will always be connected to the concept of risk. Although it's difficult for me to see how spending the rest of your life in a wheelchair would be worth the experience of jumping over fences with a horse, I'm sure there are those who can.
