Volcano surfing
is a sport in which a person
rides down an active volcano
at speeds up to 50 miles per hour
using nothing but a wooden board.
When I heard about this activity,
I thought to myself,
it must be nice to feel so safe,
you have to invent new ways to
put yourself in danger.
When the body
thinks it may be swallowing its last breath,
the adrenal glands release hormones into the blood,
the skin becomes a…