Then there is
slacklining—the latest death defying “sport” to make the list of “Ways to Prove
Darwin Right”. It’s walking a tightrope with some give in the tension … at an
altitude of twenty metres … without a net.
I caught a clip
on the news the other night: a beautiful young girl from California who’s come
to compete with her peers in BC this weekend. She talked about how the practice
is about finding your calm centre, overcoming fear and controlling the
adrenaline “because too much adrenaline makes you shaky.”
Gee, you think???
Adrenaline is a
natural response to potentially mortal peril; I’d say that tiptoeing along a
clothesline strung across a chasm would justify a tremor or twelve, but not
necessarily the cost of a body recovery.
I’ll seek my
calm centre with green tea and yoga, thank you.
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