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I need an adrenaline hobby.

in my 30's I got high blood pressure from work/home/family stress. Doc put me on meds.

Discovered Radio Controlled Airplanes. Built and learned to fly a trainer. Found the concentration to fly an R/C plane was intense enough to put me in "the zone." The Zone is where your concentration is very focused, you get tunnel vision, you only think about your goals, the physical actions required (like operating the radio to control the plane) are of done without actively thinking about tem, adnd most importantly gives you an adrenaline rush.

After stared flying R/C my Doc had to take me off the blood pressure meds. Being in "the zone" flying R/C cleared my stress. The meds were causing low blood pressure.

After moving to this house with a two car garage decided I could get a Porsche. Had a 914, but had no garage. Sold it because it was starting to show it lived outside. Decided 928 would be great for trips and was a hatch back so could fit my planes. Put my mini-van up for sale and started looking.

Sold my mini-van before I found a nice 928 so decided I could get a 944. There were a lot more for sale, and figured it would sell easily when I found a 928. Ended up with an 88 944 TurboS. It was a rush when the turbo kicked in so was sold on the car the first time I accelerated thru 2nd gear!

In the glovebox there was a special edition of Road and Track featuring the 88 944 Turbo S and talked about it being an excellent Autocross car. So I went to my first PCA autocross. Wasn;t very fast but discovered "The Zone" was even more intense being in the vehicle.

For the best visual of driving "in the zone" watch the movie Driven with Sylvester Stallone. In the movie he whistles when he is driving in the zone.

Anyway sold off all my R/C stuff and started spending all my spare time an money going faster at the monthly PCA autocross. Tried track events, other Autocross groups, but they just didn't provide the zone time that PCA autocrosses did.

Went thru several cars, the 88 944TS, 90 928GT, 01 BoxsterS, 90 944T, and 94 982GTS.

Then IT happened. Stepped on that freaking nail and got the MRSA infection. Now I can no longer heel and toe, and am back on blood pressure medication.

Checked into going back to R/C but with the new digital radios there aren't really flying clubs anymore it's more just park fliers.

So, looking for a new hobby that requires enough concentration to get in the zone and get that stress clearing adrenaline rush.

Suggestions?
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