Mt Hood - testing the limits: Is it a "guy thing" ? [View All]

[KurtNYC]

I'm not big on making alot out of gender differences so I am actually trying not to admit to this one but I have sort of an open question.

Is it just me or do guys have a thing about danger? Motorcycles, ice climbing, surfing, extreme skiing, skateboarding. These activities are dominated by men. There are female race drivers and general thrill seekers but the overwhelming majority are male. Is there something in the genes that clicks on about the same time as the urge to breed, something that drives males to tempt death? We are extras in the grand scheme of reproduction. The more expendable member of the human pair. We are drawn into this ignorantly like moths to a flame but rather seek out danger for its own sake, with knowledge of the risk. It is not the most rational drive. Darwin aside, it doesn't make good sense on the level of the individual.

But there is, ultimately, a reason "I climbed Mt. Hood" means something to those who have done it or those who would try but maybe that reason only really clicks with males.