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74-It's Called "Adventure" @ CherieSpotting     Aug 22 2002 - 08:46 PST cherie writes: Something is wrong with my chromosome 11, and it could be dangerous. OK, maybe not dangerous, but certainly adventurous. Thrill seekers who are more “exploratory, impulsive, fickle, excitable, quick-tempered and extravagant” may have a longer D4DG gene (which is located on chromosome 11.) It may not be fashionable anymore, but it turns out that my genes are too long. This new scientific research begs the question: “Is my extreme risk taking biological?” Scientists say that people with an elongated D4DG gene (a gene which helps regulate dopamine) can become anything from adventure seekers to murderers. Or, they might just sell everything they own to travel the world. Luckily there is a social club for us risk-taking adventurous souls. And you don’t even need an elongated gene to join! For more information click on: www.d4drclub.com Click on each picture to see it full size. read comments (1) | write comment| views: 60017    | rated: 0.0    printer-friendly version   Cherie hang-gliding in Rio, Brazil. I didn't have to sign one form before this guy told me to hold on as he ran off a plank protruding from a mountain. Luckily we landed safely on the soft sandy beach below. Cherie and Kristi before they took off in this little plane (with a pilot.) If there are two women in the front cabin, do they still call it a "cock" pit. Cherie flirting again. This time it went a little too far and Cherie found herself with a little dolphin slobber running down her chin. From the "I bet I can do that" department...the flying trapeze is really a lot easier than people think! It is the landing that is hard (literally). Cherie floating with jump-master "Duke". You have to trust a guy named "Duke". I heard that water-skiing gives you cellulite. That's my excuse. There is a reason we all have helmets on...the reason is class 5 rapids. The scariest thing I have ever done is bungy jump. I highly recommend it. Cherie in front of Torres Del Paines, Chile. (Notice the little hill I climbed for the picture...what a mountain climber I am!) Riding a Harley "Fat Boy" in Pismo Beach, California. (They let you ride on the sand!) I got caught on the mountain when the last ski lift stopped so I had to ski down to town. I don't know why I didn't read the warning on the box "Slip and Slides are for kids only!!!" I never learn. I found this sunken ship in the Canary Islands on my morning run! What I didn't find was the buried treasure. Climbing an active volcano in Chile. (Easily the hardest thing I have ever done.) Yeah, that's me with the ice-axe. Sailing a "Hobie Cat" in the Turks and Caicos Islands. Swinging through a Costa Rican rain forest. Winsurfing in Grace Bay in Provo (Turks and Caicos.) I mastered the art of going out to sea, I just never figured out how to turn around and get back to shore! (Good thing they had a lifeguard to rescue me!!) Cherie on a camel trek across the Saharah Desert. Here I am at the witch's market in Bolivia. I'm holding a dried llama fetus, which is considered good luck. I consider it gross. When you are traveling, you have to watch your step. The things I do for photos. Why don't we all bounce more often? I'm dancing on Copacabana Beach to Barry Manilow's song "Copacabana." Kristi and I took a ride in a Russian chopper to visit Peru's Machu Picchu. Profile in Egypt. Cherie at the helm of a fishing boat in Mexico. Cherie swims with a turtle in Hawaii. Cherie tries to make the Czech guard laugh. Perhaps I put on too much make-up? Here I am painted up for Carnival in the Canary Islands. Cherie finds the Loch Ness Monster. And he's so cute!! Cherie holding up Moreno Glacier in Argentina. The camel made a face at me first! Cherie picks a fight at the Collesium in Rome. Sometimes a woman just needs to find her strength. That's one heck of a water-slide! Cherie mining for silver in Prague. Cherie crawling through an Inca aquaduct in Peru. One of us is having a "bad hair day". Cherie with a Harry Coo in Scotland. Cherie and Carter survive a wind storm in Venice, Italy. Now that is what I call hydrated. Cherie at Iguazu Falls in South America. Cherie admires the view in Chile. Cherie gets to know a statue in Buenos Aires. Cherie tries not to let the mosquitoes bug her. This is the next yoga position to master after "Downward Dog." Cherie and Kristi on a tandem snowboard in Austria. This photo was taken before I snapped my arm in two. Hiking up this volcano in Chili was the most physically demanding thing I have ever done. Cherie tries to learn the sport of archery in Spain. Cherie at the wheel of a Paris Jet. Cherie dancing with the Swazis in Africa. Who says women can't drive? Cherie driving the America's Cup boat "Stars and Stripes." Spinnaker sailing in the Virgin Islands. Cherie competes in her first triathlon. Go take a flying leap! Cherie jumping off a bridge near Victoria Falls. Cherie riding an Ostrich in South Africa.