What does "Adventure" mean?

Are you the Bear Grylls adventure type? The type that doesn’t mind falling out of a plane, landing in some extremely remote land filled
with10 lb. fanged spiders, (10 lb.’s is probably an exaggeration, but
still, they’re big and I don’t want anything to do with them), eating undigested food from dung droppings and at night resting comfortably in the carcass of a dead animal?

Or maybe you’re at the other end of the spectrum. Maybe your idea of an incredible adventure vacation is boarding a plane en route to a
touristy island, resting comfortably on the white sand beaches of a
beautiful resort, lounging around in your beach chair, Mai-Tai in hand with everything you need at a snap of a finger.

My adventure level probably falls right between the two. Although I love throwing on my boots, packing a tent and all of my gear into a
pack and setting out to hike the beautiful forests of North America for a
few days, I would much rather pack in my food than take the Bear Grylls
approach and munch on anything, and I mean ANYTHING that I find moving
around on the ground, in a tree, on dead animals or anywhere else.

Here’s what I think of when I close my eyes and imagine what adventure means to me:

My idea of a dream adventure is to visit safe, friendly destinations abroad, where throughout the course of my trip, I can be immersed in new
cultures, meet the local people, be surrounded by exotic wildlife and
get that heart rate up a bit with some really fun activities.

On my trip I don’t want to be lounging around all day. I want to get out and trek to the top of an active volcano, get soaked as my raft
flies down the untamed white water, fly through the canopies of a rain
forest tethered to a zip-line and navigate remote waterways by kayak
where I’ll have monkeys, pigmy elephants, exotic birds and 1000’s of
other animals in every direction that I look.

Instead of staying in a large resort type atmosphere, I want to stay in smaller, but still really comfortable eco-type lodges.

A small, thatched roof cabana comes to mind. It’s placed right in the
heart of a jungle or, maybe it’s right on the sands of a deserted
beach. In either case they’re off the beaten path and in a location
that’s unworldly.

That’s the cliff notes version of what comes to my mind when I think adventure.

I wanted to find out what others thought of when asked the question: What does adventure mean to you?”

Here’s what we came up with.

Check out the video here: What does "Adventure" Mean?