The Fame Of Great Men Ought To Be Judged Always By The Means They Used To Acquire It.
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If only he had made it, my life might have taken a different path. If you have no clue as to what I am talking about, Watch this.
September 8th 1974, I was 5 years old and all the boys I knew wanted to be Evel Knievel. Including myself.I remember watching "THE" stuntman do his daring tricks on TV from time to time. Usually for a world record. There was a feeling about watching history being made on live TV in such a way that was addictive. Of course we were warned not to try this at home, but back then seatbelts and car seats were practically non-existent and law suits weren't on the radar till the 80's, so who cared?Man, I bought into Evel big time. Lunchbox, posters, pillow cases, and one of my prized possessions, the X-2 Skycycle. Evel was my role model and I desperately wanted nothing more than to be like him. I couldn't count the scrapes and bruises I got from trying to jump all sorts of things on my bicycle all in the effort of emulating the hero of my childhood. So with a heavy heart I say goodbye to a dream I once had. The one of being a motorcycle stuntman. Robert Craig "Evel" Knievel died on November 30th 2007 from lung disease and I can't help but think, "What a way for this man to go."
September 8th 1974, I was 5 years old and all the boys I knew wanted to be Evel Knievel. Including myself.I remember watching "THE" stuntman do his daring tricks on TV from time to time. Usually for a world record. There was a feeling about watching history being made on live TV in such a way that was addictive. Of course we were warned not to try this at home, but back then seatbelts and car seats were practically non-existent and law suits weren't on the radar till the 80's, so who cared?Man, I bought into Evel big time. Lunchbox, posters, pillow cases, and one of my prized possessions, the X-2 Skycycle. Evel was my role model and I desperately wanted nothing more than to be like him. I couldn't count the scrapes and bruises I got from trying to jump all sorts of things on my bicycle all in the effort of emulating the hero of my childhood. So with a heavy heart I say goodbye to a dream I once had. The one of being a motorcycle stuntman. Robert Craig "Evel" Knievel died on November 30th 2007 from lung disease and I can't help but think, "What a way for this man to go."
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