Whenever I walk the Seven Sisters coast path, I notice a significant number of people who are prepared to stand – or even sit and eat lunch – on overhanging cliff edges on a stretch of coast that is known for its crumbling rock.
I am not one of these people and I would dearly love to know why they are prepared to take a very obvious risk and why I am not.
Do they simply have no fear or does it never cross their minds that a cliff fall would happen to them?
I’m the same with narrow edges and ridges in the mountains – my fear of falling off them is validated time and time again with stories of it happening yet people continue to do it. I would never take a risk that was unnecessary, just for the thrill of it.
Am I missing a risk-taking gene?
Which one are you? A cliff-edger or a far-away-as-possibler?
Because You Can 
I’m with you all the way on this! Why take unnecessary risks, and subsequently put the lives of the emergency services at risk in trying to rescue you? Do these people also cross the road when a bus is coming? I admire you greatly, Since my husband died I live alone but don’t have your courage -I’m working on it.
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