What do you do for fun?

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Permalink Reply by Mike Maturen on September 19, 2009 at 7:57am

Nothing daring in my life...although I have always wanted to go skydiving. Come to think of it, though, I DO drive on Michigan roads, which is like driving on an obstacle course at 70 MPH! Nothing like playing dodge-a-pothole in heavy traffic.

Seriously, though...as I have mentioned, I would--one day--like to go skydiving. First I need to get all my kids grown and out of the house...dead dads don't help.

I look forward to hearing all of the adventures the rest of you have been on!

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Permalink Reply by Bill Neumann on September 19, 2009 at 8:22am

Made the mule ride from the top of the Grand Canyon to the bottom. The path was just narrow enough for the mules to pass the hikers. Of course, the mules pass on the outside of the trail. Our leader told us that a mule had never gone over the side, but occassionaly a rider would dismount and stumble backwards or a hiker would try and get a really good picture and go over the side. Best part is I was not feeling all that well and when we reached the bottom (4 hours down) I started to get physically ill. (Read into that puking.) So my options were walk back up, take a $1,000 helicopter ride back up or have the mule carry my sorry butt back up the canyon. I choose the mule ride back and headed over to the local clinic where I was diagnosed with food poisoning. Bad timing, but a good story. Kind of daring??

Now I stick to risking my life driving the streets of Philadelphia and the occassional surf trip to New Jersey or the Outer Banks.

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Permalink Reply by David Goldshaw on October 5, 2009 at 5:48pm

As I have written before, I play, teach the very demanding sport of badminton.
Badminton is the worlds fastest racket sport where a feather birdie, when hit correctly travels 260 miles per hour!!! Yes faster than tennis, squash and more!!! plus you are moving fatsre than you ever had to before! Fun! I normally play 3hours and there is a lot of competition around the world. Also a nice aspect is friendship you can make as this is also a good social sport.
One learns a great deal about your partner in playing....character, modds and more!

I also love food...having been very fortunate and have traveled to most countries in the world, I have tried all the foods I could! I now like cooking and eating all these varieties....

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Permalink Reply by Mary Frances Studzinski on October 15, 2009 at 11:39am

The most daring thing I do everyday is taking care of my kids! Aside from that I have had many daring opportunities in life. Having gone to college in WV, I had many spelunking (caving) chances. One of the most fun, not necessarily challenging was actually in Dominican Republic, where we took a 2 hour drive into nowhere to a ranch, rode horses to a cave, rappelled into the cave, spelunked, then took the horses back. I have done sub Bahamas which is an underwater personal sub. I have Parasailed in Cabo, zip lines in Costa Rica, these are just a few highlights.

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Permalink Reply by Carol Clark on October 15, 2009 at 11:52am

Between 1975 and 1985, I was, progressively, a hang glider pilot and instructor, managed the largest hang gliding shop in Northern California, was a member of the Board of the Directors of the U.S. Hang Gliding Assn, and owned a hang gliding business in Utah.

I called it "risk with responsibility". We all knew it could be dangerous -- certainly, we lost several friends to the sport -- but each accident or death served to create changes in hang glider design and instruction that helped the rest of us stay safer. Most of us were cautious pilots... not hotdoggers... and we worried about and addressed such conditions as "intermediate syndrome" among our peers. The hang gliding community in the SF Bay Area was very close at that time, and I still have close friends from that period of my life.

I came into the sport in its infancy and was privileged to help it grow with self-regulation. The skills I learned helped to shape me into the businesswoman I am today.

Okay... I just got TOO SERIOUS! :-) Bottom line is that hang gliding is an incredible way to fly. It's been almost 25 years since I've been in the air in that way, but when I stand on the edge of a hill now, I check out the wind and imagine launching.

When I turned 40, I learned to scuba and took diving trips to Hawaii, the Caribbean, and Mexico. That's a whole 'nuther story.

Carol

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Permalink Reply by Kara Black BS, CDT on October 23, 2009 at 12:40pm

Venturing into the movie theatres, and the huddling masses, in search of a good flick and 2 hours of veg time.

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