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The Savvy Scot

Personal finance and lifestyle blog

Viewing category: Adrenaline Junkie

Planning our holiday to Mexico

By Sara

Hope you all had a good weekend! Mrs Scot and I spent the weekend enjoying the ‘crazy’ snow that London had to offer, we couldn’t help but laugh at how seriously some drivers take a little bit of snow. While I grew up in Scotland and learned to drive on ice, it is safe to… Read more

Filed Under: Adrenaline Junkie, Saving Money, Travel

How to Become a Gym Instructor

By Pauline

The fitness industry in the UK continues to go from strength to strength. With private health clubs and council facilities boasting over 8m members, not to mention the mega-rich clothing manufacturers and sports supplement providers, it’s little wonder this thriving industry has a market value of £4.3bn … … and it’s an industry that keeps… Read more

Filed Under: Adrenaline Junkie, Money Tagged With: Gym, Gym Instructor

A Trip to Singapore

By savvyscot

I have another business trip next week… this time to Singapore! Anyone ever been and got good recommendations of places to go / eat? I won’t be staying in the Marina Bay Sands, but I’ll definitely get to visit…. The infinity pool looks AMAZING!    

Filed Under: Adrenaline Junkie Tagged With: Singapore, trip, vacation

Base Jumping: Added to the Bucket List

By savvyscot

Long term readers of this blog will know that I have a Bucket List. A bucket list that is progressively getting shorter and shorter. Well today I have added a new item – BASE Jump. BASE jumping is effectively a jump / skydive from a BASE (Buildings Antennas, Spans (bridges), Earth (Cliffs etc.) What I… Read more

Filed Under: Adrenaline Junkie Tagged With: Adrenaline Junkie, BASE jump, Base Jumping, BASE jumping Malaysia, jumping off buildings, skydive

A Secret World – Diving Angelita and Calavera (Temple of Doom) Cenotes

By savvyscot

Temple of Doom) After diving the murky waters of Angelita, Calvera was a return to the crystal clear water of Grand Cenote and Casa Cenote. Temple of

Hola Amigos! A couple of days back I took you on a diving adventure into the Mayan underworld. Together we explored the caverns of Casa and Grand Cenote and the hidden wonders within. To avoid repeating myself, I am going to assume that you all know what a cenote is and understand that Mexico has… Read more

Filed Under: Adrenaline Junkie, Entertainment, Fitness, Self Development, Travel Tagged With: Angelita hydrogen cloud, angelita hydrogen sulphide, Calavera, Cenote Angelita, Cenote Diving, Cenote Temple of Doom, Diving, The temple of doom, Why is Calavera called the temple of doom

Diving the Cenotes – Grand Cenote and Casa Cenote

By savvyscot

Have you ever tried Scuba Diving? Ever since I first put on the gear a few years back, I have been addicted. Last year, I posted about diving in Roatan – one of the bay islands in the Caribbean and then again about the amazing sensation called String of Pearls that can be seen at… Read more

Filed Under: Adrenaline Junkie, Travel Tagged With: Casa Cenote, Cave Diving, Cavern Diving, Cenote Diving, cenotes, Diving, Grand Cenote, Scuba Diving

April: Things of the Month

By savvyscot

A few of my favourite Personal Finance bloggers quite frequently do a roundup type post detailing what things have taken their interest of late. I figured that I am an interesting guy and have my fingers in a few different pies so why not try the same… That said, this feature may spectacularly fail in… Read more

Filed Under: Adrenaline Junkie, Entertainment, Reflection Tagged With: exciting reads, good tv shows, hannibal tv show, interesting news articles, things to eat, tv shows to watch, What I did, What I read

Paris to Dakar Rally – Perhaps the Most Extreme Race of All?

By savvyscot

Hope everyone had a good weekend. I got up early and watched the Chinese Grand Prix this morning… and what an exciting and thrilling race it was too. I used to think that watching F1 was quite boring, but after meeting Jenson Button late last year and reading up on some of the rules, I… Read more

Filed Under: Adrenaline Junkie Tagged With: car racing, Darkar Rally, Extreme Races, extreme rally race, Most extreme races

The Life of a Safe Adrenaline Junkie

By savvyscot

Safe Adrenaline Junkie

Adrenaline Junkie: Addicted to the Rush If you read SavvyScot regularly, you will know that I am a bit of an Adrenaline Junkie. That is, I like the feeling of being a little bit out of control and the idea of playing with danger. While I love the feeling that this brings, I would rather… Read more

Filed Under: Adrenaline Junkie Tagged With: Adrenaline Junkie, attitudes to risk, being an adrenaline junkie safely, Finance risks, Mitigating Risks, Personal Finance Risks, Risk Taking, risks with money, serious injury claims, spotlight, staying safe with extreme sports, tackling risks, Taking Risks

7 Extreme Sports for the Cheap Adrenaline Junkie

By savvyscot

Adrenaline junkies love extreme sports and there’s a good physiological reason for that. As far as extreme sports go, running with the bulls in Pamplona basically, physio-chemically speaking, does the same thing to your body that illicit drugs do – only with an added chance of death by bull. When you’re in dangerous situations, hormones… Read more

Filed Under: Adrenaline Junkie Tagged With: Adrenaline Junkie, cheap extreme sports in the UK, Extreme sports, spotlight, UK extreme sports

4 Personal Christmas Traditions

By savvyscot

4 Personal Christmas Traditions

One of the things I love so much about Christmas time is the different traditions and routines that families hold. Some people open their presents on the 24th, some open them on the 25th; heck some open them as soon as the get them. Some people like to eat turkey, some like to eat fish… Read more

Filed Under: Adrenaline Junkie, Reflection Tagged With: bothying, christmas eve, christmas routine, Christmas traditions, organising a poker game, poker, poker night, swimming in a loch, winning at poker

Felix Baumgartner – Crazy Risk Taker or Calculated Genius?

By savvyscot

Risk Taker

For those of you who have been following this blog for a while, you will know that I like to think of myself as a little bit of an adrenaline junkie. From fast motorbikes to free climbing and diving with sharks to diving out of planes – I love it all. When I told my… Read more

Filed Under: Adrenaline Junkie, Entertainment, Self Development Tagged With: Adrenaline Junkie, attitudes to risk, Finance risks, Mitigating Risks, Personal Finance Risks, Risk Taking, risks with money, tackling risks, Taking Risks

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