"Our Adventure Nature....."

It is in our very nature to be adventurous... Anonymous wrote: "People whose seek adventure are true poets of living..." and another Anon said, "Adventuring is a means to express one's inner self...".
A friend recently made an observation that these musings on adventures didn't have much content in them about what might be considered the 'technical' side of adventure activities. True... And I guess that is my intent. There are a great many sources for such information from the extensive websites and many guidebooks that provide details on those aspects of adventure; and I am no expert in these either.
There would seem to be many levels to adventure though...
There is as much to muse about as to the 'Why' of our wild play as there is to the 'How'...
'Why' we ever tried these things in the first place, why we might have kept going, and what we reflect on about the journey after many years are musings of equal worth.
Have you read between the lines of those many outdoor adventure narratives? There are too many to tally; although I keep trying to read them all. Those who write about their exceptional adventure experiences give us a sense of what is harder to put into words...what may lay hidden out in the wild world...things like freedom, joy, challenges, fellowship, even accepted adversities. Such intense experiences help us mold our motives, assist in sharpening our enthusiasm, show us how to meet our needs.. and that is all part of what keeps us wanting to go back... I have experienced this myself regardless of the activity being it climbing, hiking, kayaking, caving, canyoneering, whatever.....
As in the exceptional artistic works of the Jim Warren pictures above, we can see how the nature of adventure is reflected within Nature herself... The essence of the natural worlds out there in the rain forests, deserts, on the tundra, or the bare rock hold within them all the elements of both Mother Nature and our Adventure Nature... Warren's art seems to speak to the many levels and meanings of both these essence's.
And as Hobson wrote about the value of this awareness, "The adventure attitude, particularly as used in the metaphors of the mountain or the sea...can be applied to our daily lives."
We are meant to explore, to seek out the unknown, to find ourselves by journeying beyond the self...and adventure is a subtle but powerful means to these ends. We all have our own mountains to climb; our own summits to achieve. How will you arrange the elements in your life? What will your next 'Adventure Summit' be? DSD