I was just talking about all this with another ski bud this morning...
These pros are so gifted, I mean what they can do with their bodies, how much they challenge themselves to...they just have that drive to go faster, higher, farther....it's the thrill gene that dominates for them I think.
It would seem the "self preservation gene" (SPG) may not included.
Makes me look and say..."wow how cool would that be" but my SPG kicks in and says...I wanna be able to enjoy life as long as I can. I think many of us push ourselves to improve, take on challenges that are just outside our skill set. It's all part of learning and advancing. Clendenin has a great little mantra..."red, yellow, green terrain". When you ski with him, he measures the difficulty of the terrain for his student by these colors...green...ea sy to do, yellow...pushing my skill level...and Red...."danger Will Robinson".....but all within a fairly wide saftey margin.
I guess for me...it's not "the intensity of the light from the candle but how long the candle stays lighted"!
Still watching great ski flicks makes me appreciate their fearless talent.....I recognize at that level...it's really all about admiration and just not my shtick.
G
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