Quote Originally Posted by fishmommy View Post
I'd like to play devil's advocate and suggest that forums like this are part of the drive to breed.

You mentioned 'making it look easy'
but there's also the shared excitement WB mentioned
AND there's the natural escalation of mastery, which WB also mentioned. I have seen and felt it in every hobby I've enjoyed - the feeling that you have not truly arrived until you are indulging every aspect of that hobby. The same thing that makes me want CO2 for my aquarium and 40" tires for my jeep also drives me to want to breed my animals. I resist that urge but I have to bear the feelings of inadquacy and lack of expertise I feel as a result. poor me!
I totally agree with you. I knew if I was going to do this I was going to do it to the max. Like I do with everything I am interested in. Its why I started hiking, then I learned about the applachian trail. Now I plan on doing the AT in 09 ( was planned for 08 but messed up my knee real bad) After that id like to start doing winter mountaineering. It just goes on and on and on.