Buzz Inside the Minds of Thrill-Seekers

plank,’ which is jumping off a fourteen-foot platform into a lake. I remember being scared out of my mind. This military guy was ...

something to draw your attention. It’s one of the reasons high sensation-seekers get used to horror movies so quickly.^4 But peo ...

activities too – BASE diving as well as ballroom dancing. Risk isn’t the goal; it’s what they must do to have the high sensation ...

post. I was like, ‘I’m going to aim for that.’ We’re flying down the hill. People got out of our way and I grabbed the pole and ...

Safety First? You might think it would be better for Pam and other high sensa- tion-seekers to don safety equipment like a helme ...

can also, if we are lucky, help us to access peak emotional experi- ences,” writes Florence Williams inOutsidemagazine.^22 Many ...

able to overcome a difficult expanse. If you don’t execute it in just the correct way, you’ll fall. Gravity is a tough teacher. ...

Science North is Northern Ontario’s most popular tourist spot, bringing in over 300,000 visitors in any given year.^24 Not bad f ...

editor, video producer, multimedia producer, editor, and sound mixer at Science North. Amy got involved in the project when it w ...

After working with the New York State Parks Department and the New York State Parks Police, Will and his team set out to create ...

good sound. My mind is always listening very carefully when I’m climbing, to what’s going on.” The second is how the ice looks. ...

“I grew up in a family that hiked, climbed and went into the mountains whenever they could. Some of my earliest memories are of ...

Tuomas Immonen and his team suggest that some people, including researchers, are too “risk-centric” when they are describ- ing t ...

Angela Duckworth says that “Grit is passion and persever- ance for a very long-term goal. Grit is having stamina. Grit is stick- ...

but really what you need is a place something like Woodward West here, where you have a foam pit where you can practice.” And pr ...

Tower in Paris, the Space Needle in Seattle, the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, and the Petronas Twin Towers in K ...

“I would have to say when I was younger, like probably my early 20s, I did enjoy the feeling, like the rush you would get from d ...

mind was shock. I was shocked because I didn’t see it coming, I thought I was good. “I realized instantly what had happened. ‘Ho ...

Soon after there are a series of x-rays and other procedures. Then finally the doctor walks into the room to talk to Jeb. “You a ...

course of who I am as a human being. It was very overwhelming, because I realized I can decide not to do this right now and I pr ...