I just miss the balance - between some kids having fun and some angry Karen calling the cops. And the cops were sort of like “Yeah, kids do stupid shit and it might go south, but let’s let them have the adventure.” And we all lived and had that adventure, thanks to a couple of MPD officers who let us go play and have fun. and yeah, we cleared out of there right quick after abseiling off the Minnesota river bridge. But the officers were the real heroes, they just let us be kids.

They don't have the strength to do it, anymore. Tapping on a keyboard/phone all day.

Yeah. In the old days people didn't have the internet to show them all the different things that could be done and thus would learn from those who knew what they were doing.

My activity of choice is a pretty safe one: hiking. The number of idiots I see out there who know nothing of wilderness safety or what they're getting into, though, is insane. Most of them have no plan B if there's a problem.