The Shorts--Unlearning Adventure Sports

"I'm learning how to listen to that subconscious voice of caution," says Carmen Kuntz. "Where I used to feed on the feeling of adrenaline and risk, I now have to avoid risk completely. After a mild traumatic brain injury it's simple: I'm not allowed to hit my head ever again." When an overexcited friend tackled Carmen at a bar and thwacked her head hard a wooden deck pillar, Carmen had just started to break into the world of competitive, freestyle whitewater kayaking. That moment changed everything. Rather than pointing her kayak into Class V whitewater, for the past four years, Carmen has had to confront a different kind of challenge: the balance between the risk of re-injuring her head and the risk of losing who she is. You can find more of Carmen's writing at her website: CarmeneKuntz.com

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The Shorts--Unlearning Adventure Sports is an episode from The Dirtbag Diaries by Duct Tape Then Beer.

This episode is 17:47 long.

This episode was published on Mar 23, 2018.

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