28-03-2019, 01:26 PM
Over many years I was involved in what some call an extreme sport. A group of like-minded folk would spend our time and cash diving on deep shipwrecks.
Risk is a funny thing, we were all very aware of the potential dangers, but we managed the risks we could and planned everything as best we could.
The thing is we enjoyed it and no one was at the back of the boat pointing a gun at us to make us jump into the water.
Even the aborted trips still have an element of fun for the participants, so the planning and aborted execution are all part of the game. These folks have aborted twice, good on them - pulling the pin is hard but sometimes is the smart thing to do.
It would be a boring old world if we all stayed wrapped up in our cotton wool cocoons and no one went to the edge and had a peek.
Accept their kind efforts and thank them for the successes and the aborted trips (I deliberately didn't say failed - an aborted adventure isn't a failure, it's just and alternate outcome.).
Risk is a funny thing, we were all very aware of the potential dangers, but we managed the risks we could and planned everything as best we could.
The thing is we enjoyed it and no one was at the back of the boat pointing a gun at us to make us jump into the water.
Even the aborted trips still have an element of fun for the participants, so the planning and aborted execution are all part of the game. These folks have aborted twice, good on them - pulling the pin is hard but sometimes is the smart thing to do.
It would be a boring old world if we all stayed wrapped up in our cotton wool cocoons and no one went to the edge and had a peek.
Accept their kind efforts and thank them for the successes and the aborted trips (I deliberately didn't say failed - an aborted adventure isn't a failure, it's just and alternate outcome.).