It is my sincere belief that people who bungee jump are completely out of their minds. I feel the same about anyone who favors speeding down a crowded freeway at ninety in heavy traffic, getting snot-faced drunk on a hunting trip, or popping any damn thing the doctor suggests into their mouth. But there's something different about bungee jumping.
People do it for fun.
Thrill seeking' activities scare the shit out of me, but they don't seem to bother a large portion of the population. At this point I have no doubt many people believe that going alone on foot into the hot, early summer desert for four days is insanely stupid. But there I was, two miles from any other human being with only four gallons of water, no food, a sleeping bag, a candle, and a tarp, undergoing a modern day version of a Vision Quest. It was, quite possibly an experience right up there with bungee jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge. This was my way of facing and hopefully conquering fear.