One of my life rules for transportation is to not go from one place to another unless I can return the same way. The only time I can recall breaking that rule is tubing on a slow river. I suppose I could have paddled my tube back, but the folks I was with would not have been so patient.
Oh...And I remember getting in trouble a lot in the elementary school playground for climbing back up the slide instead of using the ladder.
A side bar is the practice of driving to the gym so you can use the treadmill to run.