On Sun, 28 Apr 2019 15:54:22 -0400, Leon Fisk
wrote:

On Sat, 27 Apr 2019 11:18:58 -0400
Ed Huntress wrote:

On Sat, 27 Apr 2019 10:39:45 -0400, Leon Fisk
wrote:
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That the odds were for those "other" guys. It wasn't going to happen to
them...

Yeah, some version of that. But there must have been more. Stirling
Moss, the great race car driver, said that the danger was a big part
of the atraction for him. He was drawn to it.

I don't get it. My personal risk/reward ratio doesn't include getting
off on risks for the sake of thrills.

That's why I don't go rock climbing. g

Stuff I would have done in an eye-blink during years past are a no-go
nowadays. What's changed? My calculated risk. Broken bones or any
serious injury now will be very expensive to fix and quite frankly may
just be all-she-wrote. Medical care/cost has gone bonkers. Plus I don't
have anyone watching my backside either. The will is still there but
the possible consequences has become too great, calculated risk is
just too high.

Stuff you feel comfortable with may look crazy to me and vice-versa. It
all depends on what you know you can do, could possibly go wrong and
the likely hood you can pull it off ;-)

I agree with all of the above, but I would add an important question
that has arisen since the days I rode motorcycles in scrambles and
sports cars in road races.

The question is, "Why?" d8-)

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Ed Huntress