Comments on: The psychology of ultra endurance events. Is it all about suffering? http://crazyjourneys.com/2009/10/the-psychology-of-ultra-endurance-events-is-it-all-about-suffering/ Thu, 17 Mar 2011 06:36:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Goji Yerba Wong http://crazyjourneys.com/2009/10/the-psychology-of-ultra-endurance-events-is-it-all-about-suffering/#comment-299 Goji Yerba Wong Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:34:31 +0000 http://crazyjourneys.com/?p=736#comment-299 More aptly described by Sebastian Junger (The Perfect Storm author ) in his 1999 article in the National Geographic Adventure: Colter's Way A very short excerpt: "Modern society, of course, has perfected the art of having nothing happen at all. There is nothing particularly wrong with this except that, for vast numbers of Americans, as life has become staggeringly easy, it has also become vaguely unfulfilling. Life in modern society is designed to eliminate as many unforeseen events as possible, and as inviting as that seems, it leaves us hopelessly underutilized. And that is where the idea of "adventure" comes in." More aptly described by Sebastian Junger (The Perfect Storm author ) in his 1999 article in the National Geographic Adventure: Colter’s Way

A very short excerpt:
“Modern society, of course, has perfected the art of having nothing happen at all. There is nothing particularly wrong with this except that, for vast numbers of Americans, as life has become staggeringly easy, it has also become vaguely unfulfilling. Life in modern society is designed to eliminate as many unforeseen events as possible, and as inviting as that seems, it leaves us hopelessly underutilized. And that is where the idea of “adventure” comes in.”

]]> By: Aleta Fullenwider http://crazyjourneys.com/2009/10/the-psychology-of-ultra-endurance-events-is-it-all-about-suffering/#comment-297 Aleta Fullenwider Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:37:39 +0000 http://crazyjourneys.com/?p=736#comment-297 I'm not an endurance athlete but am training for my first marathon. I think Lance Amstrong maybe had it backward. Perhaps endurance athletes are running towards something rather than away from it. Maybe looking at connecting with a deeper part of themselves that has been lost in the commuting, multitasking, networking, daily grind aspects of our lives. Running towards that part of yourself that in the course strips all pride, lust, and greed from our makeup and leaves a more real, more human being behind. I’m not an endurance athlete but am training for my first marathon. I think Lance Amstrong maybe had it backward. Perhaps endurance athletes are running towards something rather than away from it. Maybe looking at connecting with a deeper part of themselves that has been lost in the commuting, multitasking, networking, daily grind aspects of our lives. Running towards that part of yourself that in the course strips all pride, lust, and greed from our makeup and leaves a more real, more human being behind.

]]> By: Char http://crazyjourneys.com/2009/10/the-psychology-of-ultra-endurance-events-is-it-all-about-suffering/#comment-295 Char Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:30:39 +0000 http://crazyjourneys.com/?p=736#comment-295 About 'a life which seldom inflicts crisis upon us', John Dunne said something similar about hard trad climbing that always rang true for me. Its that little bit of risk, little bit of escapism we need, our world is too safe, too easy. About ‘a life which seldom inflicts crisis upon us’, John Dunne said something similar about hard trad climbing that always rang true for me. Its that little bit of risk, little bit of escapism we need, our world is too safe, too easy.

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