ADVENTURE IS A BOLD AND RISKY UNDERTAKING WITH AN UNCERTAIN OUTCOME

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A BOLD RISKY UNDERTAKING WITH AN UNCERTAIN OUTCOME

An adventure is a bold, risky undertaking with an uncertain outcome.

I am a risk averse person who takes risks anyway.

I wish I was an explorer, but so far, I have not gone where other people dared not go.

I have had a few adventures, but an explorer I am not.

Adventures come in all sizes and shapes, and there are plenty of fake adventures to go around.

A fake adventure is neither bold nor risky, and the outcome is already known.

Fake adventures are for thrill seekers and adrenalin junkies. Fake adventures may require a modicum of courage, but someone else manages the risk and guarantees a positive outcome.

Real adventure requires boldness on your part, it’s up to you to manage the risk, and there are no guarantees of a favorable outcome.

Here is a list of my adventures so far.

1. In medical school, I received a Dewitt Wallace Fellowship in International Medicine that took me to work in a mission hospital for three months in a remote section of Kenya, East Africa.

2. I performed eye surgery in Liberia, West Africa.

3. I drove through Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Costa Rica and Panama on my way to my internship in the Panama Canal Zone.

4. I did my rotating internship at Gorgas Hospital in the Panama Canal Zone.

5. I served in the Navy for five years as an eye surgeon at Roosevelt Roads Naval Hospital in Puerto Rico.

6. I landed and took off on an aircraft carrier when I was in the US Navy.

7. I worked as a retinal surgeon at King Khalid Eye Specialist Hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia for 16 years.

8. I played Riyadh Roulette with Scud missles coming down into Riyadh during Gulf War One.

9. I spent ten years exploring the Arabian desert camping in the desert for 60 to 90 nights each year.

10. I drove in Arabia from the Red Sea to the Persian Gulf in my Land Rover Defenders. I drove from the Iraqi Border to the Yemeni border in my Defenders. I drove across the Arabian Empty Quarter in North to South and South to North Directions.

11. I drove to Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, and Oman in my Defenders.

12. I sailed around the world in my 39 foot catamaran - Exit Only.

13. I sailed through Pirate Alley in the Malacca Straits and between Somalia and Yemen in the Gulf of Aden.

14. I sailed up the Red Sea.

15. I sailed twice to New Zealand and twice to Australia.

16. I sailed through storms at sea North of New Zealand and in the Atlantic Ocean.

17. I went through a global tsunami that killed hundreds of thousands of victims in the Indian Ocean basin in 2004.

18. I sailed through massive tsunami debris crossing the Indian Ocean on the way to the Maldives and Oman.

19. I survived fierce headwinds in the Gulf of Suez.

20. I served as a Flying Doctor with the Indian Health Service in Arizona for ten years. I flew out to the Apache, Hopi, Hualapai, Havasupai, and Colorado River tribes in my work.

21. I refit my sailboat, and sailed with my kids and grandchildren to the Bahamas, Panama, Colombia, San Blas, transited the Panama Canal, and sailed out to the Galapagos.

22. I survived the global pandemic in Galapagos, and sailed for twenty one days and nights though the doldrums to the Sea of Cortez in Mexico.

23. I survived 4 months in the Sea of Cortez without contracting Covid 19.

This list is not complete.

It’s simply a review of some of my adventures - none of them earth shattering or world changing. They were simply adventures, and they are mine.

They were risky, and the outcome was far from secure.

Dr. Dave

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