Imagine looking out the window 13,000 feet high. Strapped to a person you just met minute’s prior. Your life in his hands. Terrified? Not me, not a worry goes through my head until the door opens and for a split second I think about turning back but we begin to slide over towards the door looking out over the edge.
Then without warning he yells, “GO”!
We're free falling through the air at 50 miles per hour. The wind throwing our body’s back, I loved the rush so much I completely forgot about the parachute. He pulls the cord and my whole body gets yanked upwards and suddenly were just drifting in the air miles high, taking in the beautiful site.
This is the thrill of risking your life for an adventure. My bucket list might be a bit more extreme then others but they all have the same general concept; the need to live while we can. Some do risky things so when they look back on their life they can say they lived it to the fullest. Some people do it because they want to discover something and others are simply genuine risk takers.
Risk taking by definition, defies logic. Reason can't explain why people do unpredictable things. Like betting on blackjack or jumping out of planes for little or, sometimes, no reward at all. There's the thrill, of course, but those brief moments of ecstasy aren't enough to keep most risk takers coming back for more which they do, again and again, like addicts.
It gives people a rush, this thrill some how makes you feel invincible. Some strive for the thrill of the adventure while others don' understand it. Taking risks are part of life. But your risk doest have to be jumping out of a plane, it could be facing your fear or making a hard decision.
“It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves.”
— Andre Gide
