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RyanD

climber
Squamish
Sep 4, 2013 - 09:31pm PT
Getting a full time "career" job.
neebee

Social climber
calif/texas
Sep 4, 2013 - 09:33pm PT
hey there say, hankster, check your email..
:)
wilbeer

Mountain climber
honeoye falls,ny.greeneck alleghenys
Sep 4, 2013 - 09:41pm PT
SLR,When i came down to WV some years ago,with Jim,that experience of Squirt boating still gives me nightmares.I thought I was a competent kayaker ,yet never squirtboated.Then being in Banos "spare" pry on ,pry off squirt boat,never having seen the Gauley River, I was shaken.

I wake up in the middle of the night remembering,seeing, the surface of the river,stuck in an undertow 7 - 10 feet down,knowing there was a swim and you die rapid just around the corner.Literally.

I remember trying to paddle to the surface,rolling yet still well underwater,there is no air volume in a squirtboat.No floatation

Then narrowly escaping that cast to get to the surface for air ,let alone retrieving the boat and paddle and swimming to a rugged shoreline that was not completely safe.

That was a very dangerous thing to do.

I returned 2 years later to run that river,in Plastic.But that vision haunts.

















johntp

Trad climber
socal
Sep 4, 2013 - 09:44pm PT
I moved to Dallas/Ft. Worth in the early '90s




:)

Now that is funny!

edit: I moved to Kansas in 1979. Beat that!
Charlie D.

Trad climber
Western Slope, Tahoe Sierra
Sep 4, 2013 - 10:01pm PT
Being a teenager in the 60's running around LA and starting to climb at the same time. I'm convinced I must have had a guardian angel, my goodness the things we did....part humor, part tragedy all true.
Leggs

Sport climber
Tucson, AZ
Sep 4, 2013 - 10:35pm PT
I moved to Kansas in 1979. Beat that!

You win ... hands down.


:)



Edit: I'm a CA girl so moving to DFW was a shock. After two years, I was OUT OF THERE. (And I insist my son simply say he was born in Tucson and not Texas.)
NutAgain!

Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
Sep 4, 2013 - 10:44pm PT
Probably a bunch of moments while rock climbing, where screwing up for a quarter of a second would end it. That's the usual stuff of most people around here, but doesn't make for as good of stories unless lots of details filled in.

Boogie boarded by myself in burly winter storm waves at sunset. Dropped into a double-up set, pulled into a huge dark close-out tube, whipped around, driven deep in the water and smashed my face on the bottom, blood spattering everywhere by the time I popped up on the surface. If I had been knocked out, I would probably be dead. Nobody around to grab me.

REALLY the most dangerous thing I ever did, was reaching this philosophical decision after breaking up with my college girlfriend: "any two people can have a happy relationship and make a life together if they just are committed and try hard enough." That dangerous thinking led to a decade-long difficult marriage with a person who was not a good fit for me, and the last 5 years of emotional turmoil figuring out how to stay connected to my kids in the aftermath of that mess with a person who is ambivalent about my parenting role at best, and quite possibly spiteful and vengeful and vindictive much of the time.

I'm very happy with my life right now, but some baggage acquired while figuring out life just stays with you a long time.
paganmonkeyboy

climber
mars...it's near nevada...
Sep 4, 2013 - 10:44pm PT
smoking cigarettes - they damn near killed me at 40...
pud

climber
Sportbikeville & Yucca brevifolia
Sep 4, 2013 - 11:28pm PT
Crawling around inside if this thing for an hour looking for a short circuit ranks up there in my top 5.

[Click to View YouTube Video]
Norwegian

Trad climber
dancin on the tip of god's middle finger
Sep 4, 2013 - 11:32pm PT
i just forced 10c moves
above thin gear that was
backed by an a3 anchor.

of course i equalized everything with nothing,
so zin was hovering about.

Norwegian

Trad climber
dancin on the tip of god's middle finger
Sep 4, 2013 - 11:34pm PT
boobs are dangerous around here.
i've done them.
Leggs

Sport climber
Tucson, AZ
Sep 4, 2013 - 11:41pm PT
Leggs, deleted due to being considered for something currently.


Sullly ... I got ya! (you go girl!)



;)
Anxious Melancholy

Mountain climber
Between the Depths of Despair & Heights of Folly
Sep 5, 2013 - 12:48am PT
On a dark desert highway
Cool wind in our hair
The three of us cramned in the front seat
On a Toyota dare.

A voice in the distance said
Canjon de Tajo was sweet
But boy you better take care
This narrow two lane will bring you dispair

Welcome to the on comming bus passing bus
On the crest of a hill
Rushing to a head on collision
Or a shoulder of nill


Wayno

Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
Sep 5, 2013 - 12:59am PT
I'm thinking of a solo scuba dive off some rocks on the Big Sur coast. Scary and strangely beautiful, but I'm here to talk about it. Quite a different sense of fear than any climbing I have done.
snowhazed

Trad climber
Oaksterdam, CA
Sep 5, 2013 - 01:38am PT
I spent an entire winter snowboarding serious backcountry avalanche terrain in Chile (The Santa Theresita Ridge)- with no probe, no shovel, no beacon, (no training in any of those things anyways), no health insurance, no helmet, and often times alone

it was rad

and i was lucky
Delhi Dog

climber
Good Question...
Sep 5, 2013 - 01:40am PT
worked for the CIA
butt I can't tell you anymore
Chaz

Trad climber
greater Boss Angeles area
Sep 5, 2013 - 01:43am PT
Tending bar for a living.

In over 19 years tending bar in less than genteel joints, I've been in more violent fights than I can count ( I consider a fight to be violent when at least one participant goes to the hospital ).

I retired undefeated!
10b4me

Ice climber
Soon 2B in Arizona
Sep 5, 2013 - 02:28pm PT
Dangerous, scared shitless, or just plain stupid?

got caught in a riptide when I was a wee lad(that was scary, and probably dangerous)
some of the mountain bike trails I've ridden are dangerous, especially if you lean the wrong way.
I lead a route a few years ago that was dangerous, but was too scared to think about it.

Actually, the most dangerous situation I've ever been in was at Rustys bar, in Bishop.
Brandon-

climber
The Granite State.
Topic Author's Reply - Sep 5, 2013 - 02:34pm PT
In retrospect, the most dangerous things I've ever done involved accepting rides from sketchballs while hitchhiking in the states, or suspect 'taxi' rides in Central America. Close calls.

I've willingly put myself in danger skiing steep lines and climbing, been hurt badly doing both. But, the human element is by far the most dangerous.

I'm one lucky son of a gun, knock on wood.
WyoRockMan

climber
Flank of the Big Horns
Sep 5, 2013 - 02:39pm PT
I thought about leaving a post on Mountain Project asking for my nut, hank of webbing and a sentimental non-locking biner to be returned in exchange for woo woo vibes and beer.


Had to back off as I don't want Locker to kick my ass.


Close one.
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