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

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BASE104

Social climber

An Oil Field

Nov 13, 2014 - 10:01am PT

After I quit climbing and jumping to be a full time dad, I was always Jones-ing for adventure. So I would make up stuff.

Some of my greatest adventures, and certainly the ones where I got most out there, were hikes. My favorite places were the Brooks Range and the Sonoran Desert. Cast off with just enough food or water to make it to the other side.

But they were only hikes...so in theory they weren't that dangerous. Ha Ha.

Is anyone else like that? You have to have some sort of adventure on a regular basis or you start climbing out of your skin?

dhayan

climber

los angeles, ca

Nov 13, 2014 - 10:05am PT

"only the unexpected is real" - Nisargadatta

MH2

climber

Nov 13, 2014 - 10:09am PT

'Adventurous' had been overused but it has now been killed since Jian Ghomeshi used it to describe his sex life.

Although this seems to be apt:

"adventure only begins when things start going wrong."

skcreidc

Social climber

SD, CA

Nov 13, 2014 - 10:20am PT

It's raining like it really means it here, how about there?

It's NOT raining here like it really means it. No sh#t though, we are in a major drought.

Ever since both my kids got through high school, I been jonezin for some "adventure" in the mountains. But what my mind wants and what my body says it can do don't necessarily jive. Hopefully going to try out some ice climbing this winter though. Got an open invitation....

survival

Big Wall climber

Terrapin Station

Nov 13, 2014 - 10:25am PT

Don't sugar coat it Jefe!!! Tell us how you really feel, HA!

Yes, hikes can be VERY adventurous. Many things can go wrong, right?

j-tree

Big Wall climber

Typewriters and Ledges

Nov 13, 2014 - 10:25am PT

I've had more adventures on royal arches than any other climb

coolrockclimberguy69

climber

Nov 13, 2014 - 10:29am PT

And then when a couple of noobs go out and have a proper "adventure" (you know, the kind where things go wrong, as described above) we can go on supertopo and start lambasting them for being ill-prepared and irresponsible. Isn't that how it works? BLAH BLAH THEY HAD ABSOLUTELY NO BUSINESS BEING ON THAT MOUNTAIN BLAH BLAH SAR RISKING THEIR LIVES TO SAVE THEIR DUMB ASSES BLAH BLAH BLAH

edit: what jefe said

BASE104

Social climber

An Oil Field

Nov 13, 2014 - 11:21am PT

^^^Ha Ha....Yes. This is how adventure works.

For it to be an adventure, there should be some question whether you can actually do it or not. If you know you can go do something without a problem, it might not be a true adventure. If it is close to your limit, then it could be.

For something to be a true adventure, there must be some bad consequence if you fail. This is kind of arbitrary, but all too true. If it is a slam dunk, it ain't an adventure.

Using those two rules, you can think up an adventure to try in about 5 minutes. The idea part. Actual prep might take months of training. But there has to be some consequence if you fail.

See below: Hazardous and Questionable

n.noun

1.An undertaking or enterprise of a hazardous nature.

2.An undertaking of a questionable nature, especially one involving intervention in another state's affairs.

3.An unusual or exciting experience.

4.Participation in hazardous or exciting experiences.

5.A financial speculation or business venture.

Jaybro

Social climber

Wolf City, Wyoming

Nov 13, 2014 - 11:31am PT

People Guide via ferratas? And get overtipped doing same?
We're doing this all wrong, Larry!

Bring on the murder of the Possible!

ydpl8s

Trad climber

Santa Monica, California

Nov 13, 2014 - 11:34am PT

The less skill, knowledge, physical ability, and common sense the person has; the lower the bar is for their chance of an "adventure" experience. And yes, compared to a lot of you, I resemble this remark.

Lynne Leichtfuss

Sport climber

moving thru

Nov 13, 2014 - 11:34am PT

No Wait! It was Ralph T. that ended up in the hospital watching the cats :(

donini

Trad climber

Ouray, Colorado

Topic Author's Reply - Nov 13, 2014 - 11:40am PT

Now i'm being called a curmudgeonly, elitist bullshiter. I think the bullshiters are companies and organizations who market their services and products as "adventure."
Don't forget your treking poles on your next adventure race.

Wayno

Big Wall climber

Seattle, WA

Nov 13, 2014 - 11:42am PT

Kinda like what has happened to the word "reality" from all those "reality TV" shows. Common usage is redlining the meanings of many words in our languages. Sometimes this pisses me off a bit and other times I think it is creative and useful. Most of the time I'm just trying to keep up.

Jaybro

Social climber

Wolf City, Wyoming

Nov 13, 2014 - 11:44am PT

"Adventure" is the new "extreme"

AKDOG

Mountain climber

Anchorage, AK

Nov 13, 2014 - 11:47am PT

The adventure only begins after your guide don his new Patagonia jacket and hands you your first clif bar for the day. :-)

JEleazarian

Trad climber

Fresno CA

Nov 13, 2014 - 11:48am PT

I think the Warbler got it right. Without uncertainty, we have no adventure.

And I guess I'm elitist, too, because the marketing of "adventure" galls me as it seems to gall Jim. What most of the "advenutre marketers" sell may be exotic, but its outcome is seldom in doubt.

Then again, there was that phrase that surfaced in the mid-1970's, "Adventure is a sign of incompetence."

John