CEOWORLD magazine - Top Stories - Big Picture - Ready for Adventure? Here Are 7 Outside-the-box Ideas for Adding Excitement to Your Repertoire
Dr. Joel Lavine, a successful academic and adventurer has several recommendations on “extreme” sports that can get your blood pumping and heart racing. However, he says you should learn these activities from the ground up; you shouldn’t jump straight into any of them, so you can avoid accidents and mishaps.
A good instructor for rock climbing is invaluable. Start with the instructors at your climbing gym, then ask around about instructors for climbing natural rocks outside. Ask the indoor instructors and your fellow climbers for recommendations.
You start learning the techniques on the ground, then move on to higher and higher in the air, with a net below you for safety. Before you know it, you’ll be hanging from your knees, ready to launch yourself into space, trusting someone else to catch you before you hit the net.
Indoor climbing gyms can simulate problems you’ll encounter when bouldering, including situations such as rock faces you can only climb with your upper body strength or areas where handholds and footholds are few and far between.
It helps to do some homework on mountain bikes before you go shopping for one. You need to know what wheel size you want: 26”, 27.5”, or 29”. You should also know if you want a rigid bike with no suspension, a hardtail that only has front-end suspension, or full suspension to absorb the shock of landing after you grab air.
You may have heard of “runner’s high,” when you feel euphoric during your run. When you achieve that state, you’ll feel less pain after your run, which is especially important after such a long race as a marathon. You’ve got to have your mindset dialed in to reach a runner’s high.
Trails are marked according to experience level with distances usually indicated. Don’t fool yourself, though. A 3k hiking trail is vastly different from walking 3k on flat land. Just in case you run into trouble, you need your cell phone charged fully before you leave, and you may want to consider a satellite phone if the area you’re hiking in doesn’t have cell service.
If you have a burning need to feel truly alive again, try one of these seven ideas for adventure recommended by Dr. Joel Lavine. They’ll challenge you in new and exciting ways and leave you feeling truly accomplished, having conquered mother nature.
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CEOWORLD magazine - Top Stories - Big Picture - Ready for Adventure? Here Are 7 Outside-the-box Ideas for Adding Excitement to Your Repertoire