A year ago, this week, I went on what I considered to be my first “thrilling” adventure of the initial hobby year: Ziplining. As someone who was slightly scared of heights for a while as a child, it was amazing how that fear didn’t reappear or escalate as I slid on my harness and stared down a 3,200 foot cable that hung 650 feet above the ground. In fact, rather than fear overwhelming me, my excitement grew. I wanted to be zipping across the trees. This adventure inspired my future sky diving and hang gliding adventures–thrills I will never forget. After these adventures, my mom started to call me an “adrenaline junkie,” though as I’ve learned from my research–I’ve got a ways to go before I become a true adrenaline junkie.
How about you? Are you an adrenaline junkie? Perhaps, a daredevil? Or are you just looking for a thrill? Here are 10 activities to help you get your fix:
1. Highlining
My friend Lauren, sent me this trailer for a documentary months ago. I am in awe of what these people do:
2. Zorbing or Sphering
Okay–even this one is new to me. But I am 100 percent on board. I want to do this–IMMEDIATELY.
3. Base Jumping
Even this 102 year old was looking for a thrill:
4. Bungee Jumping
5. Sky Diving
6. Squirrel Suiting
You may have seen Will Smith’s son do this in the new movie After Earth, but people have been getting their thrill fix off this daredevil activity for years:
8. Racing Cars
9. Bouldering
10. Ziplining
Not ready to jump off a cliff with a squirrel suit on? Or dangle above the ground as you try to scale a mountain? Want to feel secure, but still have a thrill? This is the hobby for you:
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