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Peewiglet
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On Thu, 24 Nov 2005 23:58:29 -0000, "Paul Saunders"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Peewiglet wrote:
>
>>> However, I do not think I would have had the mental strength to
>>> persevere with the long trek back to the base camp. I KNOW I could
>>> never be physically strong enough.
>>
>> And absolutely again. I'm quite sure I coulnd't have done it, in the
>> same way as I know there's no way I could have cut off my arm as Aaron
>> Ralston did. I don't have that sort of determination to cling to life.
>
>Again, I disagree. You just don't know what you're capable of until you
>find yourself in that situation. You can never know, unless it happens to
>you. Then, and only then, will you really discover what you are capable of.
You're right, of course, but I'd be amazed if it turned out that I had
that sort of determination.
>
>We can make assumptions, but if a life or death experience ever happens to
>any of us, some may turn out to be wimps, others heroes, but no-one knows
>which in advance. The desire to live can be very strong, and we don't all
>have the same intensity of desire.
Quite right: I'm sure I don't, but I may be wrong.
Wet fishes,
--
,,
(**)PeeWiglet~~
/ \ / \ pee AT [guessthisbit].co.uk
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Peewiglet wrote:
>
>>> However, I do not think I would have had the mental strength to
>>> persevere with the long trek back to the base camp. I KNOW I could
>>> never be physically strong enough.
>>
>> And absolutely again. I'm quite sure I coulnd't have done it, in the
>> same way as I know there's no way I could have cut off my arm as Aaron
>> Ralston did. I don't have that sort of determination to cling to life.
>
>Again, I disagree. You just don't know what you're capable of until you
>find yourself in that situation. You can never know, unless it happens to
>you. Then, and only then, will you really discover what you are capable of.
You're right, of course, but I'd be amazed if it turned out that I had
that sort of determination.
>
>We can make assumptions, but if a life or death experience ever happens to
>any of us, some may turn out to be wimps, others heroes, but no-one knows
>which in advance. The desire to live can be very strong, and we don't all
>have the same intensity of desire.
Quite right: I'm sure I don't, but I may be wrong.
Wet fishes,
--
,,
(**)PeeWiglet~~
/ \ / \ pee AT [guessthisbit].co.uk