http://www.theguardian.com/sport/201...e-sport-deadly
I found this article about the most extreme sport practitioners in the world: Squirrel-Suit/Base-Jump Divers. The subtitle captures the drift of it: "A succession of high-profile fatal jumps has focused attention on one of the most extreme pursuits going."
This got me thinking how far removed I am from their sportive disposition, having not once even
para-sailed,
hang-glided,
rock-climbed, or
bungee-jumped. I imagined this illegal and dangerous
base-jumping however must be the zenith of the active life. So I wrote about this and the opposite folly, the sedentary life gone wild.
The Extreme Sportive Man; The Extreme Shut-in (and the dangers of both)
Leaping off cliffs, these live so much
They die young falling for the rush;
Yet there are some at twice the age,
Who never flew beyond their cage.
-Erik