After being locked in ALL winter during a very COLD winter with a lot of little kids; this is what parents wish they had in the basement or garage… A place to send ’em to ware ’em out.
When I was much younger, I had an adrenaline junkie manager who would make problems happen so he could solve them. It was exhausting working for such a dysfunctional personality. I wonder how exciting it was for him when the Regional Manager came in on a Monday morning and fired his butt. I heard that the then unemployed manager lost his apartment because he could not get a new job fast enough.
The gurus are adrenaline junkies that were wise enough to understand at that point of their search that the ultimate kick holds less perspective than the penultimate one.
It looks like “American Yoga” . Yoga is only for one purpose to destroy ones personality and here they turn it into a “workout” some classes even involve alcohol. It’s like the christian faith as well ….they have turned it into a social club.
The true Guru will put a person thru as many paces as needed (in the persons mind) to achieve what they always had all along but did not realize it. Heaven is within!
Seems to me that the right place for that bear and all his friends would be at the bottom of the hill, for all the folks that don’t make all the steps right.
I hear that the adrenaline makes the meat taste extra delicious!
Kveldulf almost 5 years ago
Well, it certainly looks promising to me.
Cheapskate0 almost 5 years ago
Well, no Easter Eggs in this one.
monkeysky almost 5 years ago
This makes me anxious to look at
feverjr Premium Member almost 5 years ago
I’m betting the bears are the only ones finding Nirvana….
Dtroutma almost 5 years ago
Being an adrenaline junkie early on, and surviving to old age; wisdom, or dumb luck?
somebodyshort almost 5 years ago
Wiley’s been smoking up AGAIN !!
topekaboo street almost 5 years ago
been watchin too many videos!
Enter.Name.Here almost 5 years ago
“So far, nobody has reached level VI,…..but the valley floor is littered with V’s….”
sandpiper almost 5 years ago
Also a reasonable parallel description for the daily rat race. That last one probably is not a ‘golden parachute’.
Watcher almost 5 years ago
The journey to enlightenment is filled with traps, so watch out.
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] almost 5 years ago
Nirvana means getting off the Wheel of Incarnations.
Scorpio Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Don’t miss the chute or you will miss Nirvana.
Baba27 almost 5 years ago
Looks like at IV all the candidates are relieved of their backpacks, so at least some enlightenment is achieved after all.
arstuntz almost 5 years ago
Wisdom comes from making mistakes and you’re still alive so let’s go with dumb luck!
dot-the-I almost 5 years ago
“Know this, Grasshopper: ‘Junkies lack the freedom to be free. Their Source is within.’”
Aaberon almost 5 years ago
After being locked in ALL winter during a very COLD winter with a lot of little kids; this is what parents wish they had in the basement or garage… A place to send ’em to ware ’em out.
chris_o42 almost 5 years ago
The American Ninja Enlightenment Show!
in.amongst almost 5 years ago
a golden parachute for me please.
NRHAWK Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Rube Goldberg would be proud.
wirepunchr almost 5 years ago
It looks like it’s all downhill from the top.
rs0204 Premium Member almost 5 years ago
When I was much younger, I had an adrenaline junkie manager who would make problems happen so he could solve them. It was exhausting working for such a dysfunctional personality. I wonder how exciting it was for him when the Regional Manager came in on a Monday morning and fired his butt. I heard that the then unemployed manager lost his apartment because he could not get a new job fast enough.
Adrenaline junkie x youth = Idiot.
fatmarauder almost 5 years ago
Genius!
Herb L 1954 almost 5 years ago
Mister completely ;)
1953Baby almost 5 years ago
Huh. Just tryin’ to stay sane in the USofA these days is enough of an adrenaline high for me.
pony21 Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Just climbing up to Level I exceeds my limits.
Vangoghdog01 almost 5 years ago
The whole thing could be replaced by a Free Climb of El Capitan
Bill The Nuke almost 5 years ago
Looks like only the first one will get a parachute. The rest get the ultimate (and final) rush.
Cerabooge almost 5 years ago
There can be only one (survivor).
Honorable Mention In The Banjo Toss Premium Member almost 5 years ago
“Well, done, Grasshopper. You have passed the first round of auditions for ‘American Ninja Warrior’”
Honorable Mention In The Banjo Toss Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Also, very nice art today, Wiley.
vaughnrl2003 Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Okay, they lost me at the zip line. I will never reach enlightenment, but I will settle for wisdom.
mizdurble almost 5 years ago
Not for acrophobes.
unfair.de almost 5 years ago
The gurus are adrenaline junkies that were wise enough to understand at that point of their search that the ultimate kick holds less perspective than the penultimate one.
Richard S Russell Premium Member almost 5 years ago
If those gurus all claim to have attained enlightenment already, why are they still using Roman numerals?
HappyDog/ᵀʳʸ ᴮᵒᶻᵒ ⁴ ᵗʰᵉ ᶠᵘⁿ ᵒᶠ ᶦᵗ Premium Member almost 5 years ago
The bridge to #I reminds me of this place:
http://travel.spotcoolstuff.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/midi-chamonix-views-2.jpg
The bridge is at aiguille du midi (Val-d’Isère, France) which you cross to ski the glaciers.
phredturner almost 5 years ago
You only get past step I if the bears aren’t hungry
timbob2313 Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Rube Goldberg lives. Thank you Wiley
Cornelius Noodleman almost 5 years ago
I once slid down the banister!
wildman-al almost 5 years ago
It looks like “American Yoga” . Yoga is only for one purpose to destroy ones personality and here they turn it into a “workout” some classes even involve alcohol. It’s like the christian faith as well ….they have turned it into a social club.
wildman-al almost 5 years ago
The true Guru will put a person thru as many paces as needed (in the persons mind) to achieve what they always had all along but did not realize it. Heaven is within!
keenanthelibrarian almost 5 years ago
“Before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood, carry water.” You don’t need all ‘this’ to get ‘there’.
bakana almost 5 years ago
The Guru at Step Six just tells them that, if they haven’t figured it out yet, they need to pay him $10,000 for permission to repeat the course.
With “Grade Forgiveness” for the Worst showing.
STACEY MARSHALL Premium Member almost 5 years ago
None of that is as scary as driving over a typical city bridge during rush hour.
john_chubb almost 5 years ago
Seems to me that the right place for that bear and all his friends would be at the bottom of the hill, for all the folks that don’t make all the steps right.
I hear that the adrenaline makes the meat taste extra delicious!
Souris Voleur almost 5 years ago
I’m thinking enlightenment might be overrated.