What's in an adventurer's inbox?

Here are some excerpts from some of the emails I've received as a reaction to IWAA.

'I want an adventure!'

'sounds cool..i am mega bored and need something to do...and an adventure..hey anything wild and whacy man...'

'my life is far from dull recently (I have crashed a car and fallen off a roof, etc.) but if you could give me another adventure, that would be really great.'

'This thing is shaping up to be amazingly good fun... and possibly fulfilling in some way. I look forward to continuing it.'

Adventure Ideas

'I want to go to the Antartica by Boxing day 2005 and I will trek across South America making my way through Chile and crossing over to the Antartica. I am looking for a companion (I don't speak Spanish)'

'My ideas of being adventurous range from visiting antarctica to going
cheeserolling or taking part in a flash mob. Finding interest in the relatively mundane, like the silly things dreamed up by folks at the BBC in recent years - hitchhiking round ireland with a fridge, finding countless namesakes etc. Or a hunt, like the hunting of the snark or the jabberwock or where the wild things are. Or hunting down the best laksa in London or
the best pizza in venice. Or a treasure hunt with clues (Da Vinci Code style).

'We could have an adventure where we just walk around London stopping to smell any flowers that we come across! And that could be done on your own, or in groups... only not if you suffer from hayfever.'

'if your up for the challenge, climbing Ben Nevis, let me know. It takes about two hours to get to the summit.'

'bit tied down with work at the moment, but are you up for some nsa fun??'

'Maybe we could go up to the gates of Downing Street and jump up and down in circles singing "Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb" until moved on by the police? Or spend a day pitching a tent on various pavements (Oxford Street, Trafalgar Square...) until moved on by the police. Or just doing as many things as possible that will get us moved on by the police, but not arrested.'

What is an adventure?

'I suppose an adventure is something that you struggle with, that gives you a sense of extraordinary achievement. Something undeniably "good", but also different... something different to ordinary life.'

'I guess the underlying pull is the unknown, even if that is the
unknown in your own head or neighborhood.'

'Your site is forcing me to think about what an adventure is, and what I want to get out of one, which is good. I haven't really thought about things for a while, I've just been bumbling along in life without spending the time to stop and smell the roses.'

And...

'there once was a person named finn
who used to collect spam in a tin
on saturday she came across a sticker
underground near to where a couple would bicker
on close inspection it read iwantanadventure.com
so she decided to stop collecting tins from then on
instead she thought of rhymes
which she thought could make dimes
alas no money came into her cap
because her lyrics were utterly crap...'

I've received some great emails, and also some quite strange ones but those are good too. Please email me if you want an adventure, or have adventure ideas, or think you actually know what an adventure is!

I must admit that I've been a little disappointed that IWAA hasn't been easy so far, it hasn't gone to plan in that no one's actually out there adventuring quite yet. But I am working on it! I does sometimes feel like I have an inbox full of people turning to me to give them adventures. How many times do I have to tell you? I don't even know what an adventure is! But I am going to do my best to find out.

I probably need to stop having such a fixed idea of what this website is all about, I should just embrace the challenges, do my best, have fun and see where it leads. Who knows, maybe this is even what adventure means?