From scrolling through this thread, I can see that this is a very unpopular opinion, but I’ll give you one person’s take on extreme adventuring. I’ve been depressed and suicidal for over fifteen years. Therapy, meds, and general life improvement don’t help. I think some people are just wired poorly. Coming close to…

Psh I don’t even like Everest climbers. Sorry everything has been discovered, that you were born too late into a world with good technology and travel and maps and shit. Why don’t you spend all your time and money on charity work in Nepal or spending time with your families? Oh that’s right you are adventurers, gotta…

For a moment I thought, “Wait, what does his color have to do with this?” Then I realized, “Because you would NEVER find a black man doing such a stupid thing!”

The exact same thought I had as I tried to distance myself from a reckless, speeding, lane weaving, helmetless moron on a motorcycle this morning. I don’t care if you kill yourself doing that, but I do not want to witness it or have to rinse your brains off my windshield.