This is not a criticism but it will sound like one – with a young child why would an individual engage in extreme, life threatening, activities?
Shane McConkey was, apparently, a top extreme athlete. I know nothing about extreme sports but doing a quick search using my personal search assistant (the Google) it looks as if he was a decorated freestyle, extreme and base jumping skier.
On March 27th he died during a base jump.
I have no issue with people deciding to life life in whatever way they see fit, but I simply do not understand why one would want to do such dangerous activities while being responsible for a young child.
Now, I know some people will say that you take a chance every time you get behind the wheel of a car or when you cross a street but I think it is hard to compare every day activities with willingly throwing yourself off of a mountain and then trying to deploy a parachute.
Maybe this was all he knew of life, and maybe he didn’t want to be out of the sport, but the responsibilities that come with parenthood would seem to outweigh such activity – even if that was ones given profession.
Again, this is not a criticism.. I understand the difference in priorities between him and I play a factor but I simply do not understand how one could live such a lifestyle while having a child. It just sounds very selfish to me. There is nothing wrong with selfish, just don’t have a child then…
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