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Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins
She has never said "no". Never put her foot down. She still hasn't, but she has asked "please don't". She would never stop me or get in my way in any way - "please don't" is as far as it will ever get. I respect her and love her with all of my heart. Her "please don't" - just once in oh so many years - resonates with me in a way that I suppose guys who suffer endless "I won't let you's" and "you can't's" might not understand. It terrifies her in a way nothing she has ever seen me do ever has, and that means something to me. I can have one unchecked item on my bucket list, I guess. She's checked so many others...
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That makes perfect sense. It may not be rational but matters of the heart do not need to be.
Your solo back country hikes would really scare me. Several years ago I went for a day trip in Nevada. Up the Alien hwy and over Ely, then back home to Vegas. I saw a "park" called lunar crater ( volcanic crater) and thought it may be interesting. I drive what seems like several miles off the hwy and get to the crater. It did look pretty neat and there were some paths down into it. I started to make my way down whem I stopped and listened to the quiet. It dawned on me that no one would would hear or see me if something went wrong. A turned ankle would be bad, a broken leg could be fatal. I turned around and headed back to my truck.
I like waving to the corner workers at the track, knowing they are the ones coming to get me. After my first big crash a few years back, I always thumbs up the track marshal at pit out. I figure he/she may be the last person I communicate with, ever.