Parachuting, rock climbing, mountain biking, paragliding, rafting... all this sounds a bit scary, doesn't it? The mistakes that people do really make the extreme sports scary and even dangerous 토토사이트. A huge part of the extreme sport accidents happen not because of defects in equipment but because of human mistakes. And often the experienced people make no less wrong decisions than the novice.
How to practice exciting extreme sports without exposing yourself to risks? Is it at all possible? Well, if you avoid the common mistakes you can at least reduce the risks to minimum. Here are the five things to watch out about most:
1. Not getting proper training
Sports don't get learned by reading. You can read all the sites, books and blogs, you can watch all the videos out there and you are still a novice until you start practicing. It is possible to start practicing and self-learn by watching videos and reading books, but with extreme sports this is way too risky. And you are risking something that money can't buy - your life. You should always get proper training before practicing an extreme sport. Some people can manage with just 1-2 lessons, others need more. Listen to your instructor, he or she will usually know better when you are ready to start on your own.
2. Obeying the fear and getting obsessed by reading
Continuing from the previous point, some people just freeze in the reading stage forever. They pretend to be interested and willing to do extreme sports, but obey their fear and always delay the start. If you really want to start a sport, you should overcome the fear and go to a training course. Getting a lesson from professional instructor is the safest and best way to get into action and fight the fear. If after taking some training you still feel afraid and uneasy, then probably the sport you have chosen is just not for you.
3. Overestimating your skills
This happens more to experts rather than to novices, although both categories tend to do it. Overestimating your skills leads to doing risky things - making too dangerous jumps, riding on too steep paths, driving too fast etc. You know what does that lead to - every day on the road we see the results of drivers overestimating their skills. There isn't an universal recipe to avoid this mistake. In general you should stay on the safer side and not increase the difficulty of the sport you do too quick. For example if you have had a couple of tandem flight with a paraglider, your first solo flight should be done only when there are perfect weather conditions.
4. Refusing to turn back
There are two reasons why people often refuse to turn back even when they feel the things are going out of control - one is already mentioned, skills overestimation. The other is even more dangerous - it's the fear to look weak and funky. Learn to judge the consequences. Refusing to make the parachute jump when you have doubts in your parachute doesn't mean you are funky. It just means you are reasonable and cautious. Even if it meant you were weak, it's better people to think that rather than to discuss your braveness on your funeral. Don't get deluded by ego - if you feel something is genuinely wrong or if you see some real danger, better turn back and delay your activity for after fixing the problem.
5. Buying expensive equipment at the beginning
Sometimes I think some people do sports not for fun or health but as an excuse to buy new stuff (equipment and accessories). If you want to buy things, just do it, don't use extreme sports as an excuse. If you are really interested in sports, don't get obsessed into buying the best and most recent equipment. Start only with the most important and then keep adding with the time. This way if you decide you are not so much keen into the sport you will not have to wonder what to do with the expensive equipment bought in the beginning. Of course there is equipment that is necessary for every sport, but even then you can choose to start with used or cheap one.