Put the "adventure" back into adventure......

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clinker

Trad climber
Santa Cruz, California
Nov 24, 2014 - 05:42am PT

Life is it's own adventure.
mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
Nov 30, 2014 - 08:08pm PT
Sanitized for your projection

then what?

direction...

complexion...

erection!

Lots of fun for the whole family.[Click to View YouTube Video]Check out the footgear on the tourists.
jgill

Boulder climber
Colorado
Nov 30, 2014 - 09:36pm PT
There are intellectual adventures. Just sayin'
Wayno

Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
Nov 30, 2014 - 09:41pm PT
So, what is the Greatest Adventure?

Any thoughts?
RyanD

climber
Squamish
Nov 30, 2014 - 09:46pm PT


Sierra Ledge Rat

Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
Nov 30, 2014 - 09:53pm PT
"adventure only begins when things start going wrong"
I respectfully disagree.

Adventure begins when your plans spontaneously change - whether the change is intention or unintentional.
Wayno

Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
Nov 30, 2014 - 11:53pm PT
Adventure begins when you Let spontaneous change happen and you are present enough to respond.
mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
Dec 1, 2014 - 02:21am PT
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure begins by letting George Carlin in the place.

Whether the change is intentional or unintentional, spontaneous change falls into the crease between the cushion and the back of the couch, as the master can tell you, and it so happens that you are maybe not in the present enough to respond to changes, unless you are in the past like Bill & Ted, or in the future like McFly.

Or in Oz, like Dorothy and Toto.
Or in Middle Earth.
Gnome Ofthe Diabase

climber
Out Of Bed
Dec 1, 2014 - 03:30am PT
adventure is showing up everyday.
Dingus McGee

Social climber
Where Safety trumps Leaving No Trace
Dec 1, 2014 - 04:04am PT
I will say it in 2 words. Adventure = breaking routines, however you get on an uncharted routine they become your outcome making end or your abandonment to go back to the known.

Sorry folks I was not around to entertain myself with the ST routines I am in like now.

And so would anyone like to break the routine of paying attention [to details] to have an adventure? Go to Sleep.


adventure is showing up everyday.

perhaps adventure for some can be trying to create a routine. ??

For the outdoor 10 commandments: Do not covet thy neighbor's adventure nor puh puh it for elevating your perceived status. Who gives a F for what others do and pay for adventure??

Mungeclimber

Trad climber
Nothing creative to say
Dec 1, 2014 - 10:51am PT
Not having read the whole thread, since well, it's supertopo in the modern age....

A perfectly good word that has been hopelessly overused by practically everyone.
Adventure is not scripted. Yvon Chouinard had a great definition...."adventure only begins when things start going wrong."
Sorry....
You didn't have an adventure climb because you waded thru poison ivy to do six pitches of trad.
You didn't have "adventure" on a run with aid stations and a prescribed course, however long.
That via ferrata above Telluride where you overtipped your guide was fun but hardly an adventure.
Life is full of adventure.....the real ones are lurking, you can't buy them.


I have to say... HORSESH#T

Adventure is an undetermined outcome. And adventure is subjective, not objective. The above smacks of elitist self promotion.

To equate adventure with something going wrong is just piss poor reasoning and doesn't jive with experience.

Death is something wrong. Is it still adventure when someone dies. Of course not.

A grom heading up on a 5.6 rated climb, with little or no protection available can/is full of adventure.

A non experienced person doing a via ferrata, guided or not, and getting exposure and air under their feet doesn't know the outcome. Their inexperience is primary to their sense of adventure.

I'm highly allergic to Poison Oak, would my ascent of Castle Rock Spire's approach be invalid?

Fuk no.


and if just posting to be provocative, then disregard.

NutAgain!

Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
Dec 1, 2014 - 10:55am PT
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Mungeclimber

Trad climber
Nothing creative to say
Dec 2, 2014 - 12:21pm PT
That is great NutAgain!

lol
mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
Dec 2, 2014 - 01:41pm PT
No, respectfully, you're quite wrong.

MFM
Mungeclimber

Trad climber
Nothing creative to say
Dec 2, 2014 - 01:43pm PT
No I'm not.
mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
Dec 2, 2014 - 02:58pm PT
R2.

But, hey, routine sucks, don't it? Mostly?

An exceptionally tropical low pressure system has taken charge here today.

We present here for your amusement

Adventures in debate:
Rule number one is if you can't rule, then rile.

Magic word for today: a person who is excessively concerned with minor details and rules or with displaying academic learning is a [fill in blank with your word choice]

You're host, Horst Bugholds.Peeping Tom's excellent rooftop adventure proved stimulating and edifying.
Then he took a nap. He'd been up all night.A pussy petant? Or a trench fighter? You decide.

Next episode: How to avoid Paine in arguments about climbing.

Adventure which lacks fun is only a waking nightmare.
Vitaliy M.

Mountain climber
San Francisco
Dec 2, 2014 - 03:03pm PT
I am with Munge on this one. Adventure is as subjective as defining hard climbing, quality protection placements, good hand holds, sketchy, safe, etc etc. Definition of adventure, hard climbing, safe, sketchy etc changed quite a bit for me since I went up my first mountain. I believe it is no different for other people. I remember those sleepless nights before doing some 3rd class scramble in the Sierra. Appreciate every one of them.
Klimmer

Mountain climber
Dec 2, 2014 - 08:41pm PT
May I suggest a new adventure rating guide to be added to difficulty and commitment ratings:

ADV0 = sleeping peacefully with no memorable dream state.
ADV1
ADV2
...

ADV infinite = experiencing death

It will be open-ended, and very subjective.

Argue about it.
MisterE

Gym climber
Being In Sierra Happy Of Place
Jun 11, 2015 - 12:18pm PT
Ahem...

can we get this back on topic?

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mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
Aug 17, 2015 - 04:12pm PT
Adventure is not scripted.--donini

Say that again.
[Click to View YouTube Video]Caribbean Adventure for a hot summer's day--with appropriate observations about our subject.
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