Quote from Ricter:
Sober today, I've decided to rent one. Experience has taught me about new toys soon gathering dust. And, this is a wintery clime I live in, not a long riding season anyway.
Probably a better decision, the rush dies quickly, and you are looking for more and more speed, which is inevitably a deathtrap at some point. There are only two things which have shaken me in life, one was my bike, the other was white water rafting, where our boat went under, and i lost the boat cause i drifted to far, by the time i hit land i had to crawl on to shore cause i damn near drown, and i was completely out of energy.
If you are looking for a rush, and live in calgary(which you have said you do, i think) and are somewhat of an able skiier try heli skiing, it is an unreal rush going down fresh powder which is untouched by anyone, they took me to a spot where i could drop in and it was all powder, no cliffs, just mountain, it was unreal. Proably the best experience of my life, it took me and my buddies close to 5 hours just to get down the mountain, and i never felt like i was on the verge of dying the entire way down, lol. We stopped many times down the slope to just enjoy the scenery.
They didnt drop us in on double blackdiamond type stuff just nice powder, you just need to be somewhat of an able skiier, if you can do green diamond you could do this stuff.
