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When Does Reason Trump Extreme Adventure

What price adventure When the risk outweighs the venture, No dishonor not to start, Merely you just being smart. If compunction is the cause, That adrenaline rush which draws, Take a breath and think it through, Is the only one affected - you? Does bravery need be so foolhardy, With reason as an afterthought and tardy, When blind desire clearly trumps all thought, For ego trips that can be simply bought. Extreme tourism knows no other name, Never quite the path to everlasting fame, At best it gives a sudden winded rush, At worst with Death itself you'll surely brush. So many have regardless met such fate, Gone far too soon before their fated date, For every mountain peak or ocean deep, Lie countless graves where mothers sadly weep.

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