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Originally Posted by eastcoastsurfer
Depends how you define 'nearly dying.' Lots of hobbies and activities have a chance of dying. Obviously the scale slides up and down, but each person had their own definition of 'nearly' I would think.
For example, I've surfed since I was 5ish years old. Dying never even crosses my mind, even when dealing with large surf. I have friends who will never ever try to surf because they consider going into the ocean where there might be sharks as nearly dying.
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I don't disagree, although I would imagine few reasonable people would draw much of a comparison between any number of potentially hazardous recreational or occupational activities and experiencing a physiological effect that is brought on by purposefully restricting the oxygen to your brain. It's all a matter of risk/reward, I suppose. Since I don't get the value of the reward (and don't care to find out) the risk, which by necessity comes perilously close to actual death, seems to pretty much peg the meter on the "not worth it" scale.
Surfing, riding motorcycles, or getting out of bed every day all carry a measure of risk, no doubt about it.