How To Rate Your Adventure

Not all fun is the same. Every adventure we experience will have different levels of “fun”. So how do you rate fun?  Have you heard of the fun scale? Lets break it down a little for you. 

Class 1  Fun To Do, Fun To Talk About

This type makes me think about shredding some fresh powder down a sweet run and then jumping on an express lift to hit it again. Pure fun, and no climbing.  There is little effort involved, no pain, just pure enjoyment. This is when you want time to slow down and don’t want the day to end. That being said, in retrospect this may not be the best type of fun.

Examples: downhill skiing (gotta love the lift), easy hike, soaking up the sun on a beach, zip lining, hot tubbing, boating.

Class 2 Not Fun To Do, Fun To Talk About

These usually involve some frustration and maybe a little cussing while your doing it, but afterward you’ll probably share a good laugh with your friends and even consider doing it again. This is the type I usually find myself doing most. Maybe because I enjoy laughing about how “fun” it is later. Or maybe its the pain and frustration involved in bush-whacking up a mountain on a “trail” that makes the view at the top so much better.

Examples:  hiking, backpacking, running in a race, or for women birthing children.

Class 3 Not Fun To Do, Not Fun To Talk About

These types of activities usually end with the question, “What the hell were we thinking?!”. I think we tend to avoid this type of “fun” but, whether through lack of preparation or spur of the moment mistakes I still find myself here from time to time.

Examples: running a half-marathon half-prepared, and hiking 18 miles to get our car unstuck .

Not everyone rates the same experience the same. Memory of activities is generally better than the actual experience and it seems the older the experience is the more fun we actually had.

Your Turn:

What Is Your Favorite Class Of “Fun”?

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