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(55 votes) Published: May 15, 2000 12:00 a.m. Viewed 706 times
Close your eyes and imagine yourself standing near the edge of a cliff. The sky surrounds you and the faint sound of the water below you is all that can be heard. As you inhale you take a step forward, you exhale and take two more steps. You bring your arms up over your head and you JUMP!
Suspended in mid-air you begin to fold your body in half. As you soar down towards the water you tuck and flip once, twice, three and a half times. Now you straiten your body. Put your legs together and point your toes. Bring your arms out strait in front of you and tuck your head. As you rush downward your fingertips penetrate the water, it’s freezing yet refreshing, you completely submerge, sliding through the water like a warm knife through butter. If picturing yourself doing this made you excited or scared, if your heart beat increased or you held your breath you are on your way to experiencing an adrenaline rush.
Among the millions of ways that one can experience an adrenaline rush, one imparticular stands out in my mind, cliff diving. This sport brings many phrases to the tip of my tongue, such as dangerously exciting, a pleasurable fear, flirting with death, and living on the edge. To enter into this sport calls for acquired skills. Among these are: conquering a fear of heights, knowing how to maneuver oneself in the air, kowing how to swim, confidence, and being able to accept the fact that death could happen on any jump. Along with these skills there is some basic information that one should know.
The basic information includes things such as knowing where the action is. As of now the hot spots for cliff diving include the Caribbean Islands, Thailand, Australia, and Hawaii. One also needs to know things such as what types of weather is right for diving and what type of conditions to look for. It also calls helps to check out the spot before diving. Here one would look for things like water depth, if there are any rocks below the surface, estimate how far out to jump, and also check the height of the cliff. Here is also the place to check for any small details that might be of concern to the diver.
Adrenaline rushes are a natural part of life that occur on a daily basis. They exist in an array of froms from cliff diving (as described above) to a high school fight, from a baby’s first step to making the winning point in the final seconds of the game. They are everywhere and egerly awaiting to be taken advantage of.
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