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| One of my favorite adventures was going to Batemans Bay, near Sydney Australia, one night, and walking along the beach at sunset, with few people around, and suddenly a few dolpins appeared about 30 yards from the shore and started playing, with the sunlight sparkling on their backs. Adventure to me does not need to be strenuous. And to you? |
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`Well, I don't know that adventure has to be "strenuous" per se, but the word implies something with an element of risk. Not just the inherent risk in anything -- e.g., the Ferris wheel could break and dump you from ten stories up -- but risk that you can reasonably apply your skills to. For example, snorkeling of Key Largo, in which you need to have the swimming ability and the strength to keep your head above the surf, to maintain your position against the current (including not crashing into the reef), to clear your snorkel when the waves fill it with water. For another example, finding your way through the woods without a marked trail, using your compass skills, or your sky-navigation skills.
Yes, that is "elitsit." But then, RV camping is also "elitist" in the sense that it is only available to those who can afford the RV and the steep camping fees at the RV parks. Just as not everyone will ever have that kind of money, so, too, not everyone will develop the skills and abilities to do the things I mentioned above. But the two kinds of elite groups are not the same. A person with enough money to go RV camping may not have the compass skills to navigate the woods; likewise, a person with the compass skills to navigate the woods may not have the money for an RV. I see this as levelling the field somewhat, i.e. if one option is closed to me, I can look for and pursue another.
My favorite adventure? Climbing Mt. Kaala on Oahu, Hawaii. It is not among the highest mountains in Hawaii; but you do have to traverse a knife-edge ridge, and pull yourself up some steep ascents using the ropes and cables other people ahead of you installed. When you get to the top, it suddenly levels off and you find yourself in a magical fairyland of the kind that all Hawaii once was.
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