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instead: she's parlayed her life-changing experience into a wild-
ly successful Twitter account and has told the story of her trans-
formation and subsequent awakening following her experience
with the shattering force of Mother Nature, 140 characters at a
time. I like to think she's up for the Pulitzer this year, and is set
to become the seventh panelist on The View.
And guess what—no one tells the story of how so-and-so died
of a gluten allergy, overdose of wheatgrass or any of those oth-
er modern ailments. No one thinks it's a great adventure to meet
your maker by succumbing to "neurasthenia," the old-fashioned
psychological diagnosis that sent Teddy Roosevelt West seeking
an ameliorative dose of adventure and vitality.
To go tangle with some bison, in other words.
Frankly, the willingness to tie one on, approach a huge animal
and risk getting tossed around a little might indicate the kind of
rugged individualism that helped tame the West. I would stop
short of calling that 54-year-old daredevil a hero, but at the same
time, you can't accuse her of timidity, either.
In fact, her behavior could serve as a model for how to deal
with life's challenges. First, get hammered (ALLEGEDLY) and
then you meet them head-on, staring into their big black eyes. If
they charge you or start to whip you around, just make yourself
go slack.
The final step is to lose those pants, upload, and share!
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FRANKLY, THE WILLINGNESS
TO APPROACH A HUGE ANIMAL
AND RISK GETTING TOSSED AROUND
A LITTLE MIGHT INDICATE THE KIND
OF RUGGED INDIVIDUALISM THAT
HELPED TAME THE WEST.
