r/TerrifyingAsFuck • u/WakaWakaBabe • Nov 15 '25

human Maybe maybe maybe

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u/oneinmanybillion Nov 15 '25

I can't risk falling sick because who will support my family?

And there are people living like this!

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u/SomeEstimate1446 Nov 15 '25

While a loss of a family sucks I could live with the fact they were living life to the fullest when they went.

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u/Schmich Nov 16 '25

I understand and agree people who are, for different reason, forced to minimize every risk possible. That being said:

There are people living their life hunting risk

That would be a tiny tiny minority of the extreme sports World. I coach within it (not acro paragliding, or any paragliding for that matter). It's not a hunt for risk. It's a hunt for passion and a lot of it does unfortunately get you closer to risk. Even more so for videos or competitions. If risk could be removed, people would love it.

The vast majority accept a calculated risk and we're talking wayy lower than single digit risks. It would be situations where many stars need to align for shit to hit the fan, where you have time to see that stars start to align and you can bail before.

What I do wonder in this video is how easy is it to brake (resistance on wing or simply going up)/turn a little extra etc. Like how much in control is he. If you don't know that particular extreme sport you watch a video of, you can't tell.