| IMHO no one goes to the IOM with the thought that they might not make it back at the forefront of their mind, if they did they wouldn't do it? They don't spend a lot of time thinking what if?? If they did they wouldn't be doing it?
Everyone has their own "risk calculator". the answer that comes out, "do it or don't do it" is just different for different people as far as risk taking goes. The only problem comes when an unexpected factor comes into play, that could be a rabbit crossing the road on the TT course, it could be Pi55ed up driver running a red light when you are on you way home.
You only have to look at the rise in "adrenalin" sports in recent years, bungee jumping, base jumping, and the like to see that while some would have us remove the opportunity for risk taking from our lives others are being just as creative at finding new ways to up the risk factor.
Tourist trip to peak of Everest anyone?
I know a few who have decided they have "beaten the odds" and gotten away with it for so long and made a decsion to pack an activity in and move on to something new. That's just the factors that produce a decision in their head changing so the do it answer changes to don't do it.
The TT is a challenge that some cannot resist, like a mountain "it's there" so it has to be climbed. if it goes, what's next??
Ray
[Edited on 13-6-2005 by Ray]  |