He talks about the difference between Adventure and Adversity. All outdoorsmen (and women:) are called to nature by a desire for adventure. However, often we don't find adventure... we find adversity. The major cause of this, he says, is that we are either naive or unprepared. Either they don't know what they're getting into when they go out, or they are underprepared so that the fun adventure that they had been anticipating turns nasty and the adventure becomes adversity.So, he's talking about not having the proper equipement and knowledge: a map, weather forcast, compass, knife, hatchet, tent, etc... If you don't have the RIGHT equipement and knowledge things can go south pretty fast.
This reminded me of 1 Pet 3:15 where it says that, as Christians, we always need to be prepared. I am a firm believer that God has called us, as his followers, to live lives of adventure. I don't think that God has called any one of us to a mundane life. However, if our Christian life is to be an adventure we need to be prepared... otherwise our faith can quickly move from adventure to adversity.
What do you think?
Can you think of any examples of this?
