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Originally Posted by Johnny199r
Have you tried mountain biking? I love it, and it makes camping great. Without it, I'd be bored camping.
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Yep did it hard core for a few years. Started out cross country and ended up full on downhill. Trips to the mountains every chance, yearly trips to Whistler. Ranged as far as Golden and Nelson on a lot of weekends. Had two separated shoulders, broken knee cap, broken collar bone. Got to the point where it was still fun going out with friends, still great for fitness but not exciting unless I was at the point where I was risking severe injury. Skiing is sort of like that now too, but I am really careful about how much I jump and how often I jump.
I'm pretty stupid/obsessive about sports I really like. Reached a high level in competitive skiing, probably would have been same in mountain biking if I started it younger (or paralyzed/dead :-)
For windsurfing, we don't actually live in Calgary anymore, but two hours away on a lake that gets epic wind. I still commute to Calgary to work 3-4 days/week and live in a $25,000 fully paid for 36 square foot apartment that doesn't have any tax or utility costs. It can be located/re-located easily within walking distance of any place of work in the city. (I'll howl if anyone that doesn't know me figures out what this actually is). Makes the ERE dude's concept of space and what is needed to actually live look like luxury in comparison. Too bad I still pay mortgage on the lake acreage, otherwise I'd be a quick amount of time to retirement with just the Calgary living arrangement.