I guess some people have the need to push the boundaries of their own limits (physical and emotional) and like to see how far they can take it. It's only others like them that could understand why.
What they do is bonkers, but I've done things that are just as dangerous...not because I have a death wish but because they needed doing or because I wanted to work towards something and attain a goal...the dangerous aspect just focuses one more...there's more at stake like one's life. Maybe this won't make sense to others but to me it's like the ultimate motivation. If you want to get a better insight read Bear Grylls biography. It's about his youth, selection into the British SAS, hitting the ground after jumping out of a plane with a faulty parachute, being told he'd never walk again and then his climb to the top of Everest...and everything else he's done. It goes a long way towards explaining why people do things like this...*it's just who they are.
Anyway, seriously, it's a great read, easy to read and quite an inspiration also.
I've no idea where this comment is going but, like yours, that doesn't matter. A good Sunday is being had and I got a message from one of my favourite people on the blockchain (you) so it's all good.
Awww - how nice of you to say
I still don't read a lot these days, when I do it is usually a fantasy novel. I don't think I've read an autobiography ever. But I checked out Bear Grylls online a bit and his Wikipedia page almost reads like a book - wow! All those - achievements, things he did, records he broke (and bones) etc. Crazy, crazy. He sure is a driven man, I liked that a lot of it is for good reasons, to raise money for good causes.