Surely nothing has changed in recent times like change itself. While in the old days it was only the world explorer who had to deal with untraveled environments and unforeseeable outcomes, now it is essential for everyone to have this skill set. Drawn from a few decades of extreme exploits over earth, water and ice from west of Ushuia to east of Ulaan Bator, I hope to lend you some techniques for mastering ever-shifting circumstances. The fact that I have lived long enough to tender such advice is a testimonial to the fact that they work. The adventure perspective invites us to define ourselves in action, not just words.
Adventurers tend to have short attention spans.
They insist on the steepest, most direct path up the mountain. You get there faster, they are likely to explain, and the process itself invigorates. The adventure perspective encourages us to experiment, to press onward and upward to discover how the view just keeps getting better. It is useful for those who know that the edge is where the view is best, where all growth and learning take place. As a mountaineer prone to solo jaunts, I have come upon glorious clusters of flowers in a hanging valley so remote that I am certain no one else will ever glimpse them.