Having read the article on Type T people and watching the Paris motorcycle video several times (I caught myself leaning into the curves!), I began to wonder if I was one of these Type T people. Then I read other people’s replies and it seems that the general consensus is that all (or most) of us who subscribe to this BB are Type T people. Is that really possible?
While gathering more information on this Type T thing, I found that some common terms I ran across were risk taking, thrive on uncertainty, thrill-seeker, taking chances, on the edge. Does that really describe all of us?
If I step back and look at what we do when we go hiking, whether it's in the Whites or the ADK's, we walk in a safely sized group on a groomed and well-worn heavily blazed and maintained trail with signs at every trail intersection describing how close we are to the next intersection with packs full of gear and food for every apparent eventuality and making sure we leave a note letting others know where we are and just in case we carry a GPS and a cell phone in case we sprain an ankle and anyway, we can always turn back and get in our car and drive to the nearest restaurant because you know, that was a really tough six miles. Is this how we compare ourselves to the names we saw in the news article?
True, some of us go solo, don't carry a GPS, carry less gear, yadda yadda yadda, but the fact remains that what we are doing is really pretty darn safe stuff with a high degree of certainty of outcome when compared to what mountain climbers do or what leaders of countries do or what leading edge artists or inventors do. Dare I think to compare myself to a Chris Bonington or even a Paul Duvall? I’m not sure. Your thoughts?
JohnL
