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The Wannabe Risk Taking Adventurer

Sex: man or woman
Age: approaching 30…or 40
Stays: budget, budget hostels. Bunking with the plebeians on a bedbug ridden foam mattress is an adventure in itself and a far cry from the comfort of their crisp white sheeted king size bed.
Dress: will alter look to appear slightly bohemian and adventurous, leaving the pressed pastel-striped business shirt behind. Sports a shark tooth necklace, neglects hair, piles on wristbands and anklets, experiments with wrap around pants and a pierced nose or eyebrow.
Likes: (wants to like) adrenaline, sky diving, bungy jumping, scuba, kayaking, paragliding, bobsled rides with the Latvian bobsled team, their new found appreciation and admiration of ‘nature’ and ‘culture’. Talking about the pivotal moment they realised they’d never ‘lived’ and needed to get in touch with their impulsive side.
Drink: Singha in Thailand, Guinness in Ireland, Brahma in Brazil, Corona in Mexico etc.
Quote: ‘I live for the moment,’ or ‘Yes!’ or ‘This beats a day in the office.’
Photographs: documents everything with digital camera in video and stills. Will purchase overpriced photos of themselves and their terrified face mid bungy jump. Also keeps a comprehensive travel journal, ticket stubs, brochures, currency, sugar packets etc just to prove they’ve been/seen places.
Tattoo: an impulsive symbolic tattoo as reminder of their intrepid journey on a body part easily hidden so ‘work’ don’t see it and just in case they regret it in a few months.
Places of interest: high mountains, fast rivers, deep seas, rough roads, untouched plains, thin air, comfortable chairs.