What activities? What states? Me - calculated and controlled physical risk. Pushing my personal intellectual envelope. A dive into the unknown - physical, cultural, social, etc. Planning something difficult and then executing. Experiencing something truly authentic.
Out in nature, looking through my Canon EOS 7d birding camera and zoom lens at a bird species I don't recognize.
Pic: an Asian red-eyed bulbul, glimpsed in jungle south of Songkhla, Thailand. I'd never seen one before, and haven't seen one since.
Fantastic pursuit in a very special part of the world. I SE Asia but especially Thailand