An Everest To Climb

How succinctly Mr. McQueen summed upward the racer's travail inward those few lines. If I knew whatever improve I would larn out it at that, but I direct maintain never been able to resist running off at the mouth, keyboard, whatever.

Racing tin live the examination of a man. In a footing that fosters, fifty-fifty rewards mediocrity, the sport demands excellence. At race's end, at that topographic point is no inquiry who was the best that day. An absurdly uncomplicated concept on the exterior that becomes mindbogglingly complicated when explored. As I write this I realize that I direct maintain bitten off also much inward a fumble fingers endeavor at explaining it. What follow are the romanticized musings of i adherent.

Racing motorcycles is vicious, savage, violent, beautiful, sophisticated, soulful too oft misunderstood. It suffers no fools piece gleefully breeding pain, heartache too fiscal ruin, therefore begrudgingly doling out triumph inward the tiniest doses to a worthy too lucky handful. It remains non for the faint of heart, weak of volition or lite of wallet. So why produce it?

Easy answers are elusive, to my cognition no i has written a Cliff's Notes version that would squash the naysayers. Many cannot empathise the brazen human activity of riding on 2 wheels, allow lone the Sisyphus barefoot on a razor's border feat of competing on them. There are those for whom "birth, school, work, death" is non enough. Such restless men direct maintain ever existed, taking to the seas, therefore the skies too stars never in i lawsuit saying, "Geez, that's dangerous." Willing to gyre the dice, wager skill, sense too luck against whatever fate could hurl. Only past times blowing casual kisses upward the skirt of Death is the truthful fullness of life realized for these uncommon few whom are alone at peace on the limits of control. We should non fearfulness for those willing to engage their passions but rather compassion those who volition not. Without the ones that cannot live easily categorized or stereotyped humanity would boil downwardly to a tiresome grayness too flavorless gristled prime-time TV lineup.

The racer believes he is going to alive forever, no affair how many times he takes the whole screeching, quivering majority to the brink he tin finesse it dorsum past times his ain mastery, knowing at that topographic point is ever to a greater extent than fourth dimension to live found, to a greater extent than speed to live had. Some telephone telephone this denial, I prefer to intend of it equally "self-faith". Faith tin oft live wrong, but it persists, allowing continuance. If he should autumn downwardly he brushes the dirt off too remounts, promising to himself to 'get it correct side past times side time'. There is no quit inside the racer, regardless of circumstances. As long equally the motor is running too the wheels turning the struggle is on. These are non simple-minded adrenaline junkies seeking a fix, but calculating competitors hurtling forth on their chess pieces seeking checkmate at the speed of light. They produce non trouble upward on the grid for the thrill of danger, they trouble upward in spite of it.

Imagine reality distilled into only the side past times side few moments, 10 laps. Yesterday a retentiveness too tomorrow a dream. The race is an number that occurs inward existent time, demanding immediate activeness non committees, meetings, four to half dozen weeks delivery too $9.99 transportation too processing. Everything, correct here, correct now, give it all or larn the fuck out. Not the purview of effete half-assed men. Cutting the crap direct to the marrow, inward your face, lone amongst alone the forcefulness of volition yous yourself tin muster. It is an everlasting quest, alone equally insurmountable equally it is ephemeral. A journeying to empathise the depth of your ain measure. You cannot win every race, but yous certain equally hell tin try. That sounds a lot similar life to me.













(Shannonville 2002: somebody else gets it incorrect too no, he didn't autumn down)

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