A timeless classic...

[tifo_gcs]

I'd certainly like to be a Ranger. Long journeys in the wilderness using all your senses and your brains to hunt unseen creatures of the dark. Then returning to civilization after months abroad for a pipe and a pint at the local inn. And this aura of mystery and to some extent danger that others percieve around you.
But you'ld learn a thing or seven about fear. Being a ranger is no easy task. You need as much mental strength as physical strength. On the positive side, imagine all the things you'ld know that are never mentioned in the books by Tolkien. All the knowledge, and the inheritance of Numenor that you carry with you though diminsihed. To me, the ranger is the "romantic hero" character in Lord of the Rings, epitomized of course by Aragorn who ultimately gets the princess and the kingdom.