Adventure

Adventure

“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate is strength undefeatable.”
- Helen Keller

Adventure Defined: The Definition of Adventure is when a person weighs the risk, and premeditatedly travels into situations whereby the person could die. The mission of this Adventure category is to explain why and how to travel as an adventurer. Defining the physical, mental, emotional, money, and intelligence needed to travel to extremely dangerous locations on the planet.

Andy Graham Adventure Traveler:
This Adventure Portal will explain Adventure Travel through real examples, with a focus on teaching situational awareness and problem solving.

"The the bottom line is this, an Adventure is when the possibility you will die exist."
- By Andy Graham

Characteristics of Adventure Travel

1. One in ten people will agree to do "Adventure Travel," and "Extreme Adventure Travel" is possibly 1 in 10,000
2. Adventure Travel does not have definite beginnings and ends.
3. Adventure Travel does not know a clear path.
4. Adventure Travel is scary, and people sometimes panic..
5. Extreme Adventure Travel is normally for very rich people.
6. Adventure Travel normally approaches, deals, or travels near or though something that is out-of-control. Humans - Animals - Weather - Water
7. Unpredictable and random events happen with Adventure Travel.
8. Many people do not finish Adventure Travel.
9. An Adventure Travel Tour would have a questionnaire to decide whether the person is capable and safe.

Variables that influence an Adventure Traveler

1. Emotional Ability to handle risk, or Risk Tolerance.
2. Financial Cost of Adventure Travel.
3. Danger
4. Loneliness
5. Physical Strength Needed.
6. Time is needed to Plan.
7. There is time away from normal creature comforts, toilets, showers, and cooked food.
8. Specialized Travel Gear May be needed.
9. Situational Awarness of Traveler

Adventure Trips by Andy Graham of HoboTraveler.com

Hello, I am Andy Graham, I have traveled now perpetually for over 14 years and visited 90 countries. I like adventures, and enjoy the challenge of with the most dangerous animal on the planet. "Humans."

About Andy on National Geographic Adventurer

Present Adventure for Andy Graham of HoboTraveler.com
Next adventure planned for 2012, I wiil fly to Lago, Nigeria and travel by land to South Africa.

Other Projected Adventure Plans: Travel by land to Liberia --  Sierra Leone -- Guinea -- Guinea Bissau -- Cape Verde - The Gambia -- Senegal  -- Mauritania --- Morocco

Prior Adventures by Andy Graham

Chasing Rhinos from the Top of Elephant in Royal Chitwan National Park

 

Evala Right of Passage in Togo West Africa - I was filming this, the group rushed me, and fortunately a girls walked between me and them and kept standing passively. The was drinking the local brew.

Mass Grave North of Hila or Babylon in Iraq

Iraq War 2003, two months after the heavy fighting in Iraq slowed, I went into Iraq from Silopi, Turkey, then to Dohuk, then Arbil, Sulamani, and to Baghdad, then to Basra, back to Baghdad and out, with 30 Days in country. Mass Graves

Uncontacted Tribes
Breu, Peru close to Un-Contacted Tribes on the Amazon River near Pulcalpa, Peru 

East Tumor Military Coup Military



Vigilantes Grabbed a Thief

Cite Soleil, Haiti - I spent two month in Haiti, then left five days prior to the Earthquake. I went to Cite Soleil, which is claimed to be one of the worst slums on the planet. Truly they are mistaken, but nonetheless I faced the turmoil of emotional decisions going there as any dangerous place. Although, with my present knowledge of the city, it is not longer an adventure destination for me.

Map of Trip I made from Rio Napo - From Coca Ecuador to Iquitos, Peru by Rio Napo

Truck Ride From Moyale to Isiolo Kenya There was an armed guard on the truck, this is the same area where Paul Theroux was stopped in the book Dark Star Safari. The danger here was truly more in making the right choices, I refused to get on a cattle truck full of steers with long horns. I would have needed to sit on top, two truly stupid Japanese boys did so because the person who arranged the rides coerced him, more or less one of them "Go f--k yourself" inner strength times in life.

Top Ten Adventures Planned by Andy Graham of HoboTraveler.com

1. Travel the Darien Gap from Colombia to Panama
2. Ride Horses across the Top of Afghanistan
3. Camel Trip in the Sahara Desert
4. Un-Contacted Tribes in Peru and Brazil
5. Un-Contacted Tribes in Papau New Guinea (Contact me if you know more?)
6. Congo River Trip
7. Nile River Trip
8. Live with Pygmies in Uganda or Rwanda
9. Base Camp for some Mountain Climbing Location
10. Travel Across the "Stan Brothers" by Land - Turkmenistan Kazakhstan Uzbekistan Afghanistan Pakistan Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan.

Adventurers are not Stupid

1. Adventure is not doing something dangerous to prove a point, it is about weighing the risk, then making a premeditated decision to continue.
2. Adventure Travelers encounter challenging situation and do not panic or become angry, which could lead to a Tribal Group killing you out of fear. I was on the Amazon River in a Village between Iquitos, Peru and Pucallpa, called Capitan Claviers, and the whole village rushed, and it was difficult to tell if they was angry. I finally approached the Alpha Male of the village and paid my respect.
3. Adventurers or Adventure Travelers make decisions independent of the group, they relies on their own wits, and not on the group decisions.
4. Anger has no place for an Extreme Adventure person, to become angry, to say things without know why you are saying them can be dangerous. I was in Arbil Iraq, a group of men came up to me and asked,
   "Are the women of Iraq beautiful?"
   If I said no, then I insult the country, if I say yes, I would be lusting after an Islamic women.
   I said,
   "I do not know, I have never talk with one close."
5. Adventure Travelers tell the truth, in a tribal situation, where communication is complicated, the group will evaluate you by their instincts, if you lie, they will sense it, the same as travel by my instincts.
6. Adventurers make quick instinctual judgments - A person must be able to say yes, or no, we must say we trust or do not trust a person in seconds, and risk our life on the decision.

Adventure Test - Are you up ready for Adventure?
This is a test I have devises to see if you are ready for extreme adventure., An adventure is an activity that is perceived to involve risk, dangerous or exciting experiences.

Here are things I have needed to do by Andy Graham of HoboTraveler.com

1. Drink water from lake or river. (Amazon River)
2. Walk into middle of road and stop a car. (Cote d'Ivoire)
3. Lie down for 10 seconds in a busy restaurant. (Borrowed from the 4-hour work week book.)
4. Sleep under tree along side the road without a tent.
5. Tell a person to F- Off, and for sure you need to be able to tell your Mother or Father, boss, etc.
6. Allow your friends or people scoop up rice from yoru plate, with their fingers and then you continue eating. (Iran, Nepal, Africa)
7. Hitchhike 500 Miles (Guatemala)
8. Enter into a taxi and turn the radio or music down, whether the taxi driver likes it or not. (I do this is many countries.)
9. Share the same cup for water with 10 people at a bus stop. (Arbil Iraq. Construction in the USA.)

Please add to this list or comment: Adventure Test

"Adventure Travelers Are" people who are in charge of their emotions, fear, and attitude can face the world as awakened person.

1. The whole groups does something dangerous, and you say no.
2. Alpha Male confrontations, where they test to see if you go wimp, direct challenges. In West Africa the often drive their motorcycles or cars right at me, or walk directly at me to try to make me give the right of way.

Adventure Defined on Wikipedia:
An adventure is an activity that is perceived to involve risk, dangerous or exciting experiences.

The term is often used to refer to activities with some potential for physical danger, such as skydiving, mountain climbing, breaking and entering, committing misdemeanors, and participating in extreme sports. However, the term also broadly refers to any enterprise that is potentially fraught with physical, financial or psychological risk, such as a business venture, a love affair, or other major life undertakings.

Adventurous experiences create psychological and physiological arousal, which can be interpreted as negative (e.g. fear) or positive (e.g. flow), and which can be detrimental as stated by the Yerkes-Dodson law. For some people, adventure becomes a major pursuit in and of itself. According to adventurer André Malraux, in his La Condition Humaine (1933), "If a man is not ready to risk his life, where is his dignity?". Similarly, Helen Keller famously stated that "Life is either a daring adventure or nothing."

Outdoor adventurous activities are typically undertaken for the purposes of recreation or excitement: examples are adventure racing and adventure tourism. Adventurous activities can also lead to gains in knowledge, such as those undertaken by explorers and pioneers. Adventure education intentionally uses challenging experiences for learning.

Adventure Travel Destinations I have Been
BUT... I Do not Call Adventure
Kenya Africa - Masai Mara
Kathamand, Nepal - I have not gone to Everest Base Camp
Tanzania
Uganda near Gorillas and Pigmies
Rwanda
Peru - Machu Picchu
Colombia - I have not gone through the Darien Gap which would be.
List of Countries Visited by Andy Graham

"Borg Area" Adventure Subjects to Discussed- This is an Extreme Adventure Portal, generally dealing with Adventure that involve weeks of travel and dealing with many cultures, languages and lifestyles, this page is not for day Adventure trips that everyone signs up for, that is truly not an adventure, if everyone does it, then that is entertainment, there needs to be the words,
"I would never do that."

4 Wheel Drive Adventures
Adrenaline Safari
Adventure Activities
Adventure Clubs
Adventure Gear
Adventure Guide
Adventure Holidays
Adventure Skills Courses
Adventure Tours
Adventure Training
Adventure Travel Around The World
Africa Shark Dive Safaris
African Adventures
Alaska Trek
Anger and Panic
Big Wall Climbing
Bungee Jumping
Bush Walking
Canoe Adventures
Canyoning
Caving
Cost of Adventure Travel
Diving
Expeditions
Experience Zero G
Explorers
Extreme Adventure Safaris
Extreme Adventures
Extreme Expeditions
Extreme Sport Travel Insurance
Fear
Fight Terrorism
Fly A Russian Mig 29
Gear
Handgliding
Himalaya Adventure
Horseriding
Hunting
Jet Boating
Kayaking
Kayaking
Mountain Boarding
Mountain Climbing
Mountaineering
Outdoors
Paddle Jungle Streams
Parasailing
Physical Abilities needed for Adventure (Body)
Professional Adventurers
Racing Cars
Rafting
Risk Tolerance
Rock Climbing
Rope Skills
Safety Management
Sailing
Scuba Diving
Self-Defense Training
Shark Cage Diving
Shark Diving
Shark Diving with Great White Sharks
Situational Awareness
Skiing
Skydiving
Soldiers
Survival Gear
Survival Training
Survival Skills
Tandem Skydiving
Time Needed for Adventure Travel
Train For Space
Trekking
White Water Rafting
Whitewater

Adventurers Wanted
     Do you know a true adventure traveler, HoboTraveler.com wants to add these people to this Adventure Portal, please add comment below with a link to information.

What happened in Tela, Honduras on about the 15th of August, 2010?

The Adventure Story - I heard from a good source, and have no desire to collaborate that a man came to the door of this Hotel asking for a girl. Well, the girl that worked for the Hotel finally came to the door, and a man stood there waving gun at the girl. For some odd reason, a cockroach budget level Backpacker stuck his head out the door and saw the man with a gun. The Backpacker packed, and jumped out the back window and has not been heard from since.

The argument went on for awhile, then ended.
"The man put the gun in the girls mouth and pulled the trigger."

This is life, it is what wakes us up and realizes we need to be grateful. 90 percent of all murders are between lovers, being married is the most dangerous thing on the planet.

The risk of dying, the true awareness and acceptance that we are going to die is what allows a person to be grateful for living. Life is good, life is an Adventure everybody dies, but very few live.

Andy Graham

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	Dangerous Countries do not Accept Credit Cards ... "You know you are going to a dangerous country when you feel a need to stockpile money in case the ATM, Traveler Checks and Credit Cards fail to work.

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