"Roger (K8RI)" wrote:
In skating you can get badly hurt not knowing the limits.
In flying you can get killed.

Coincidentally, I was a figure skating instructor--I know what you're
saying, but I also believe it's possible to be competent, "sharp", on
guard, and alert and also not really "like" being there. IOW, I don't
believe a person has to say he/she *likes* being there in order to know
the limits or be competent at the edge of the envelope.