In my life, I've taken a lot of risks. I've moved often. I changed careers several times. I changed jobs — perhaps too often. I dumped all my money, a few times, into uncertain business ventures. In addition, I have always enjoyed getting lost; I love what I discover along the way. And I've had the perfect partner-in-adventure, San Geraldo.
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When it comes to physical risks, however, I'm not so daring. I bruise easily.
Very easily.
(I'm the son of the woman the story of "The Princess and the Pea" was based on.) I did once climb a cliff in Italy (in 1976) to go diving. I tore a muscle in my leg.
Bungee trampolining
(click here) looked to me like fun because you're in a harness and attached to sturdy cords that limit the direction you can go. It seemed low-risk. But, since bungee trampolining appears to be on the back burner (until we find one for grown-ups), I've been looking around for other options.
First to present itself was parasailing. I have no fear of heights
(although I have an extreme and very specific fear of stepping down onto a ladder from a roof). With parasailing, you're not sent up alone. I always feel safer if someone else knows what they're doing (assuming the person I'd go up with knew what he/she was doing). You take off from the back of a powerboat. That concerns me. I've seen the videos. Also, I'm not so comfortable with coming back down.
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THE DOWAGER DUCHESS WOULD DEFINITELY NIX THIS. |
Next on the list is something much less "X Games." I can rent a fiberglass pedal boat with a fiberglass slide. You pedal out a bit and then go down the slide. But, like the bungee trampoline, I'm sure the slide has a weight limit. I'd hate to climb the three or four flimsy aluminum steps and have the entire thing collapse leaving me "at sea."
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THE FIRST TIME I'VE SEEN ADULTS ONBOARD. INTERESTINGLY, NO ONE WAS SLIDING. |
There's always a power boat. But the thought of noisily hydroplaning across the water at break-neck speed doesn't thrill me.
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RELAXING? |
Taking the power boat one step further, I could hop on an inflatable boat and get pulled
behind that power boat noisily hydroplaning across the water at break-neck speed. But, I don't think so.
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HOLDING ON FOR DEAR LIFE.
(CLICK TO INCREASE THE INSANITY.) |
And then of course, there's the jet ski. Something to consider, I suppose. If it weren't for the noise. The pollution. The fumes. The anxiety. Honestly, I find absolutely nothing of interest in a jet ski.
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NOT MY SPEED. |
It looks like what I'm left with is walking on water. San Geraldo has done it so well for so many years. One of his senior managers even introduced him to a friend one day as "my boss who walks on water." I always liked and respected the woman, but that clinched it. Anyway, it appears that walking on water is very commonly done here in Fuengirola.
It's a miracle!
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AND IF THAT DOESN'T WORK, THERE'S ALWAYS KNEELING ON WATER. |
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WELL, IT'S NOT A MIRACLE IF EVERYONE CAN DO IT!
(STILL, CLICK TO EXPERIENCE THE MIRACLE OF ZOOM.) |