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THE OFFICIAL STOKED THREAD! 1-Dec-2009 At 8:11:32 PM J.C.

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On 1/12/2009 jacq wrote:
>So coming from someone who has spent many years working with adolescents,
>I wish I knew how to encourage a healthy sense of "I might die/hurt myself"
>doing this...

And coming from someone who has not long finished being an adolescent for many years, I found an awareness of mortality in my earlier days only through a healthy & consistent exposure to dodgy situations (not unlike many others here, I'm sure), primarily via soloing lots of things that I really shouldn't have.
Funnily enough, having more than a few friends die through my teen years didn't seem to affect my invincibility, it was only after a while of doing it (& loving the close calls in a reasonably but not entirely un-reckless way) & somehow surviving long enough to grow up a little that imminent death started to strike a less glorious chord.

Disclaimer/Note for 'Stinky': While I'm glad that I DID inhale, I do NOT endorse or encourage soloing. Find your own feet, but try not to splat in the process.