ENDURANCE-ADVENTURES.CO.UK
The Inspiration For This Site...
What is adventure? Well, according to Wikpedia, the official definition is; ‘an activity that comprises risky, dangerous and uncertain experiences. The term is more popularly used in reference to physical activities that have some potential for danger, such as skydiving, mountain climbing, and extreme sports. The term is broad enough to refer to any enterprise that is potentially fraught with risk, such as a business venture or a major life undertaking. An adventurer is a person who bases their lifestyle or their fortunes on adventurous acts.
Adventurous experiences create psychological and physiological arousal, which can be interpreted as negative (e.g. fear) or positive (e.g. flow), and which can become a detriment as per the Yerkes-Dodson law. For some people, adventure becomes a major pursuit in and of itself’.
For me, adventure isn't just about the grand, epic, expensive things we
do in life, but rather about doing anything out of the ordinary or
putting ourselves in any new situation. Yeah, travelling to a far off
land or bungee jumping is an adventure, but so is going for a walk in an
unfamiliar part of your area, taking a course at night school or taking
up a new hobby. It doesn’t have to cost anything, and it doesn’t even
have to require a great deal of effort; it just needs to be something
that you wouldn’t normally do, or something that is just a bit unusual
or off beat in some way.
... You see, adventure doesn't have to be about doing something amazing,
extraordinary and epic (although it can be, of course) but adventure is
about doing the things which move you out of your comfort zone,
challenge you a little and put you in unfamiliar territory. We should
each make the effort to build a little adventure in our lives to enable
us to grow as a person and avoid the dreaded rut. And often we will find
that one thing leads to another- a small adventure may lead to a bigger
and grander adventure.
I am on a quest to lead as adventurous a life as possible and to see and
experience as much as the world has to offer as I possibly can… and I
hope to provide inspiration to others- folks like me, who don't
necessarily want to go off and set sail on epic voyages for months on
end but do want get away and have adventures as often as possible, and
who seek to find the adventure in everything they do... For me
personally these will probably mostly be walking/ running based, cos
that's where my interests tend to lie, but I will also write about my
other adventures; it depends on where life takes me...
I’ll also include other (hopefully) relevant and helpful information, so be sure to bookmark this and keep checking regularly as this site develops... I'll try to add photos, just click on the thumbnail images and you will be able to view the pics full size.
You can read more about me here
But for now I'll leave you with my favourite quote...
'Something hidden. Go and find it. Go and look behind the Ranges-
Something lost behind the Ranges. Lost and waiting for you. Go!'
STOP PRESS... I completed the Marathon Des
Sables! Read my account here.
Helvellyn- Striding Edge
Lac du Miage- Italy
