Do you live on the edge? Stare death in the face? ? Stare at anyone, for that matter?

Me either.

What's the fascination? 

Adrenaline rush, I suppose.  My heart races when I have remembered two consecutive thoughts. But I do, nonetheless, vicariously participate in the thrills of others.

Take Dave Lamoureux, the kayaking tuna fishing person. Kayaking is scary enough. Being schlepped around the ocean at tuna warp speed seems a tad over the top for a bit of tuna sashimi. 

So why then? 

A group of German Scientists  found some interesting results. "Taller people are less risk adverse. Educated parents have children who are more prepared to take risks. Public service occupations attract people averse to risk. Willingness to take risks decreases with age."

It goes on to say that the scientists were wary of interpreting their findings. WARY OF INTERPRETING THEIR FINDINGS? 

The reason, no doubt, is because the lot of them were short, older and working for an institution. 

The taller, younger, freelance group of scientists were, least seen, heading off to scale Mt. Everest, after an afternoon of extreme skiing.