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Posts tagged danger

Measuring The Element of Risk

Nov28
2011
Leave a Comment Written by Kurtis Kristianson
Our personal perception of risk. Graph courtesy Kurtis Kristianson.

Sponsored by: In his last post, our resident adrenaline junkie, Kurtis Kristianson, gave us his thoughts on “The Gut Feeling.” Since then, a scary incident shook him up enough to get him thinking about fear and how we decide whether the risks involved in a life of adventure are worth it. – Highline Recently I [...]

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Posted in Are You High?, Featured Articles, Trailblazers - Tagged fear, knowledge, perception, risk

Helmet, Shmelmet!

Oct13
2011
Leave a Comment Written by Carlyle Norman
Carlyle and Zeno making do. Photo by Carlyle Norman.

I’ve been thinking and talking about risk and reward a lot this summer and have found the conversations always lead to the same issue: what is reasonable risk? Obviously the idea isn’t to exterminate all risk from our lives or we’d all be playing Tetris instead of spending our days outside. But, in our society, [...]

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Posted in Are You High?, Trailblazers - Tagged caution, climbing, safety

The Gut Feeling

Jun06
2011
2 Comments Written by Kurtis Kristianson
Photo courtesy Kurtis Kristianson.

The phrase “gut feeling” may also be used as a shorthand term for an individual’s “common sense” perception of what is considered “the right thing to do.”  (Wikipedia) It’s hard to know where these things start or when the decision was made that determines the outcome. Sometimes the feeling creeps up on you; sometimes it’s [...]

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Posted in Go Deep, Trailblazers - Tagged gut feeling, instinct, judgment, kite skiing

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