how do you get your THRILLS in the backcountry?

On 18 Oct 2003 01:37:53 -0700, (BW) wrote:

You've all been very generous in your comments. Some contrasting
opinions about the thrill of the backcountry which I'm enjoying. I'm
going to start a new thread titled "backcountry thrill interview is
here".

If you've got time please do the interview....

Thanks, and I'll see you in the new thread

There is the classic quote from HDT:

"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front
only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it
had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not
lived."

Different people go for many different reasons, and generalizing will
not work well for this.

Happy trails,
Gary (net.yogi.bear)
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at the 51st percentile of ursine intelligence

Gary D. Schwartz, Needham, MA, USA
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"Gary S." Idontwantspam@net wrote in message
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On 18 Oct 2003 01:37:53 -0700, (BW) wrote:

You've all been very generous in your comments. Some contrasting
opinions about the thrill of the backcountry which I'm enjoying. I'm
going to start a new thread titled "backcountry thrill interview is
here".

If you've got time please do the interview....

Thanks, and I'll see you in the new thread

There is the classic quote from HDT:

"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front
only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it
had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not
lived."

Different people go for many different reasons, and generalizing will
not work well for this.

Happy trails,
Gary (net.yogi.bear)
------------------------------------------------
at the 51st percentile of ursine intelligence

Gary D. Schwartz, Needham, MA, USA
Please reply to: garyDOTschwartzATpoboxDOTcom

Did you really miss the whole point of the guy's post? Are you obtuse?

On Sat, 18 Oct 2003 22:16:06 -0400, "MLL" wrote:


"Gary S." Idontwantspam@net wrote in message
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On 18 Oct 2003 01:37:53 -0700, (BW) wrote:

Different people go for many different reasons, and generalizing will
not work well for this.

Happy trails,
Gary (net.yogi.bear)

Did you really miss the whole point of the guy's post? Are you obtuse?

Not obtuse, apparently just your favorite target.

Happy trails,
Gary (net.yogi.bear)
------------------------------------------------
at the 51st percentile of ursine intelligence

Gary D. Schwartz, Needham, MA, USA
Please reply to: garyDOTschwartzATpoboxDOTcom

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"Shaun Rimmer" wrote in message
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(BW) wrote in message
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I'm a researcher in England and I'd really like to know about your
backcountry related thrills. I'm currently conducting interviews
with
people about their personal experiences on the web-site

extreeeeeem tiddlywinks

JD

Heheheheheheheh! That's the first time you've made me laugh in quite a
while, you usually rather dull *******.

Somebody had to, you humourless dolt.

I have more humour in my left big toe nail than you have in your entire
tutu, you silly great fruitacake, and I don't even have a left big toe nail.

Shaun aRe

Flying over the ground at high speed, separated from my bike, knowing
its the last time i'll be without pain for a few weeks

On 15 Oct 2003 03:53:47 -0700, (BW) wrote:

I've been searching for answers to this question. Mountainbiking,
hunting, paragliding, and even sex all seem popular in the great
wilderness.

What have you done in the backcountry that's given you a thrill in the
past?

I'm a researcher in England and I'd really like to know about your
backcountry related thrills. I'm currently conducting interviews with
people about their personal experiences on the web-site
www.chromo11.com

If you've got something to say on the subject, please visit the site
and take an interview. You'll find a set of short, but carefully
crafted questions which you can download and answer at your leisure;
you'll also be able to read more about the project.

Thanks

Brendan
email: thrill@chromo11[dot]com
web: www.chromo11.com

"Shaun Rimmer" wrote in message
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I have more humour in my left big toe nail than you have in your entire
tutu, you silly great fruitacake, and I don't even have a left big toe
nail.

Shaun aRe

That's not funny.

"Gary S." Idontwantspam@net wrote in message
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On Sat, 18 Oct 2003 22:16:06 -0400, "MLL" wrote:


"Gary S." Idontwantspam@net wrote in message
.. .
On 18 Oct 2003 01:37:53 -0700, (BW) wrote:

Different people go for many different reasons, and generalizing will
not work well for this.

Happy trails,
Gary (net.yogi.bear)

Did you really miss the whole point of the guy's post? Are you obtuse?

Not obtuse, apparently just your favorite target.

Happy trails,
Gary (net.yogi.bear)
------------------------------------------------
at the 51st percentile of ursine intelligence

Gary D. Schwartz, Needham, MA, USA
Please reply to: garyDOTschwartzATpoboxDOTcom

Gary,
You are master of the obvious and you often respond to some of the dumbest
questions without any hint that you know they are silly questions...at best
designed to waste your time. Stop falling for it.

"The moderator" wrote in message
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"Shaun Rimmer" wrote in message
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I have more humour in my left big toe nail than you have in your entire
tutu, you silly great fruitacake, and I don't even have a left big toe
nail.

Shaun aRe

That's not funny.

But it _is_ true.



Shaun aRe - It's obvious you really don't know even Jock Duff's
'Usenetself', heh.........

If you've got time. Could some of you help with my research and take
the time to be interviewed? I'll edit the results and post it on the
website www.chromo11.com along with an illustration. You'll see that
I'm interested in specific examples of things that have happened to
you. I'm not out to draw any sweeping conclusions about you, or your
area of interest. Visitors to the site will just get a feel just by
reading your interview.

I hope you can help.

ABOUT YOU
==========

1.Q Tell me about the first time you remember being thrilled.
1.A

2.Q What's the slightest thing to have thrilled you?
2.A

3.Q What's the most frightening yet thrilling thing you've done?
3.A

4.Q Tell me why you're not completely sensible.
4.A

5.Q What's the most uninhibited thing you've ever done?
5.A

6.Q What have you considered doing for pleasure but were too concerned
about the risks?
6.A


YOUR THRILL
============
To answer these next 10 questions, you should think about a particular
time you were thrilled.

7.Q Describe the event in one sentence (there's time to expand later)
7.A

8.Q Tell me a bit about yourself around this time.
8.A

9.Q List the sequence of events leading up to your thrill. Try to
remember how you felt at each stage. The smallest detail could be
important (this is your chance to expand).
9.A

10.Q What were your thoughts and feelings at the precise moment of
thrill?
10.A

11.Q What did you do afterwards?
11.A

12.Q What were the risks?
12.A

13.Q What did you imagine other people thought of you during and after
the event?
13.A

14.Q How often do you think about the event, and why?
14.A

15.Q Some people probably don't understand how such a thing can thrill
you; explain it to them.
15.A

16.Q What three changes could have made the experience better?
16.A


Just to get the record straight, could please tell me your name, age,
sex and where you were born (I'll only publish your surname and
birthplace unless otherwise instructed)

name:
age:
sex:
birthplace:

Could you email me a copy of your completed interview to
interview@chromo11[dot]com
Thanks.

Thrill. Thrill?

Well, I guess, mtn b?, you can grab your bike and gear and parachute
into it if one really wanted to get a rush. Doable if a little expensive.

I can think of a few dirt roads which were exciting enough to convince
me that wearing a helmet was a pretty good idea. Huff up them to start
down involved a lot of non trivial pushing, none of this lift assisted
uphill like at ski resorts.