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From: Frank Krygowski <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net>
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Subject: Re: Cyclist dead
Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2025 13:11:54 -0500
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On 2/15/2025 8:55 AM, AMuzi wrote:
> On 2/15/2025 5:18 AM, Catrike Ryder wrote:
>> On Fri, 14 Feb 2025 23:17:42 -0500, Frank Krygowski
>> <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>
>>> On 2/14/2025 7:59 PM, Mark J cleary wrote:
>>>> On 2/14/2025 12:57 PM, AMuzi wrote:
>>>>> https://realdealnews.org/2025/02/14/extreme-sports-influencer-dies-
>>>>> while-cycling-down-volcano/
>>>> Live for a thrill and you get to die for the thrill. This does not make
>>>> sense to me at all.
>>>
>>> Agreed. "Influencers" who do hyper-risky tricks to gain followers and
>>> make money do nobody any good. They probably inspire other fools to lose
>>> at risky tricks. And as in this case, they trigger public spending to
>>> rescue them from their failures.
>>
>> For many people, risk is the spice of life. For others, it's something
>> to be avoided.
>>
>> -- 
>> C'est bon
>> Soloman
> 
> Yes and we all choose our battles.
> 
> One might say Mr Villareal Perez died doing what he loved, which is not 
> the worst way to go out.

If he retained consciousness about five minutes after his crash, my bet 
is that he thought "OK, that was a huge mistake" rather than "Oh good, 
I'm going to die from doing what I loved."

Not all decisions are correct.

-- 
- Frank Krygowski