[DanielBMarkham]

I'm not into hard physical sports -- love to get back to them, but lately I've been extremely out of shape.

My thing is flying. As an instrument pilot, it's all in my head. You go up in a dark, rainy night and it's just you and the airplane. There are no "easy" buttons. You're managing dozens of variables real-time all the while keeping the plane level. In hard IMC on a low approach, there's no goofing off -- even for a couple of seconds. You get those "what the heck am I doing here" moments, but then again, there are experiences that I've had that you could never reproduce. Either your shit is together or -- you're dead. It's a mind game where the stakes are your life.

Good stuff.