# How do you get your dose of adventure? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 17, 2005, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-your-dose-of-adventure/331543 "2005-11-17T20:40:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Corporate\_Hippie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/65b543/32.png) [@Corporate\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corporate_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2005, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-your-dose-of-adventure/331543/1 "2005-11-17T20:40:51Z")
I like road trips and camping. I’d really like to drive around America on a motorcycle some day, but I’m too busy with school for that now. Traveling to other countries is also high on my list. I know for sure when I graduate I’m going to hike the Appalachian Trail with my best friend. That’s 6 months of adventure waiting for me. For now though, I’m limited to trying exotic foods and walking around in areas of Philadelphia that I haven’t been to. How do you get your adventuring fix? ---
**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2005, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-your-dose-of-adventure/331543/2 "2005-11-17T20:49:59Z")
I’m a camper and a fly fisher too. You ain’t having fun till you’re wiping your ass with a bunch of leaves or getting the really nice Queen of Waters you just made permanently stuck on a seaweedy rock. I was camping in Northern Ontario once in the middle of nowhere when a tornado hit. That was fun. And by fun I mean the most terrifying, oh-god-I’m-gonna-shit-my-pants-and-die day of my life. ---
**Author:** ![MLS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MLS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MLS)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-your-dose-of-adventure/331543/3 "2005-11-18T02:02:40Z")
Well, in March I’m going to Libya :eek: to see the next total eclipse of the sun. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-your-dose-of-adventure/331543/4 "2005-11-18T02:04:09Z")
For adventure I pretty much stick to flying airplanes ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-your-dose-of-adventure/331543/5 "2005-11-18T02:10:12Z")
I go to work. ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-your-dose-of-adventure/331543/6 "2005-11-18T14:00:09Z")
I fire up my Atari 2600. What? ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-your-dose-of-adventure/331543/7 "2005-11-18T14:27:16Z")
I _don’t_. Historically, “excitement” meant being invaded, raided by Vikings, mauled by wild beasts, etc. Boredom is therefore the greatest achievement in modern civilization. ---
**Author:** ![Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sophistry_and_Illusion)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-your-dose-of-adventure/331543/8 "2005-11-18T14:29:02Z")
By living in Beirut. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-your-dose-of-adventure/331543/9 "2005-11-18T14:44:27Z")
> [@Sophistry and Illusion](#): > > By living in Beirut. 😉 You win. ---
**Author:** ![rinni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f6c823/32.png) [@rinni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rinni)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-your-dose-of-adventure/331543/10 "2005-11-18T14:48:13Z")
I order perfumes online. WITHOUT EVER SMELLING THEM FIRST!! _collective gasp_ ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-your-dose-of-adventure/331543/11 "2005-11-18T15:07:50Z")
Go [swimming in a nuclear reactor](http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y103/Henoder/NETL.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-your-dose-of-adventure/331543/12 "2005-11-18T15:11:13Z")
I strap napalm to my nads and skip rope. ---
**Author:** ![GomiBoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@GomiBoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GomiBoy)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-your-dose-of-adventure/331543/13 "2005-11-18T15:52:06Z")
I adventure race. Some samples [here](http://www.aceraces.co.uk/) and [here](http://www.questars.co.uk/). Race reports [here](http://www.sleepmonsters.com/). I also drive fast. The roads in England provide quite a challenge for moving quickly from A to B, and not just in traffic. No tickets yet, either! Finally, I snowboard, scuba dive, and mountain climb as much as I am able. But I usually have to go away for that. ---
**Author:** ![Stark\_Raven\_Mad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Stark\_Raven\_Mad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stark_Raven_Mad)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-your-dose-of-adventure/331543/14 "2005-11-18T16:08:21Z")
Went skydiving a bunch of times. Planning to do more of that once time frees up. It’s loads of fun, and makes for excellent party conversation. Also bragging rights. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-your-dose-of-adventure/331543/15 "2005-11-18T16:11:32Z")
> [@Corporate Hippie](#): > > How do you get your adventuring fix? By dating. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-your-dose-of-adventure/331543/16 "2005-11-18T16:43:42Z")
> [@MLS](#): > > Well, in March I’m going to Libya :eek: to see the next total eclipse of the sun. That’s so cool. I was going to go to Germany to see the total eclipse in 1999, but events and a lack of money conspired to stop me, so I had to make do with a partial one. It was cloudy, too. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-your-dose-of-adventure/331543/17 "2005-11-18T19:13:02Z")
Got married. Had kids. Now the adventure never stops. ---
**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-your-dose-of-adventure/331543/18 "2005-11-18T19:14:34Z")
Racing motorcycles and skydiving pretty much do it for me. If I had the Time/Money, I would definitely take up flying again (I’d rather land the plane than jump out of it!), and I’d love to race the Tecate Score Baja 1000 and the Isle of Man TT. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Big\_Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@The\_Big\_Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Big_Cheese)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2005, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-your-dose-of-adventure/331543/19 "2005-11-19T00:12:07Z")
> [@MLS](#): > > Well, in March I’m going to Libya :eek: to see the next total eclipse of the sun. Good place for a Doper party?? Mountain biking. jumping logs, drops, climbs, bridges…Have pretty good stuff here in Wisc, but need to go west sometime soon. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2005, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-your-dose-of-adventure/331543/20 "2005-11-19T00:29:20Z")
Whitewater kayaking. I’m solid on Class 4 and have done some Class 5.0 High pucker factor! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-your-dose-of-adventure/331543.md?page=2)