Lindsay O’Brien

“Secretly, the driving force was a selfish love of combat and life with a complete lack of routine – none of the repetitiveness that dominated most mortals’ lives … no nine-to-five job; no clock-in and clock-out; no ordinariness; no humdrum existence, like my father. I was hooked on the adrenalin rush – the intoxicating, natural chemical high; living right on the edge, which pumped adrenalin into every nook; the electricity spike of feeling utterly alive; the thrill of the unknown; the plucking of the arsehole; the perception of slow motion under enormous pressure; the frantic activity under accurate fire; the wind-sucking triumph in surviving … adventure for the sake of adventure. There was nothing in the world like it – and I was hooked.”
― Lindsay O’Brien, Bandit Mentality: Hunting Insurgents in the Rhodesian Bush War, A Memoir