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goatboy smellz

climber
Nederland-GulfBreeze
Sep 5, 2013 - 02:54pm PT
snowhazed

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

That's okay it's the southern hemisphere so avalanches run uphill.

For me it was working as a bike messenger for 4 years in NYC, close calls with death on a daily basis, been hit by cars at speed 5 times but only bleeding enough to go to the ER 3 times. Fun times.
Gunkie

Trad climber
East Coast US
Sep 5, 2013 - 03:00pm PT
While in college, ran the Philadelphia subway tracks between stations. Could have died very easily and stupidly.
Fat Dad

Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
Sep 5, 2013 - 03:24pm PT
I was going to say it was soloing Snake Dike, never having done the route, without a route description or topo, but then I remembered all the stupid things I did in college, the biggest of which was getting a ride home from a really drunk friend on his motorcycle. I look back on that and cringe.
WBraun

climber
Sep 5, 2013 - 03:46pm PT
Most dangerous ......?

Hanging out on this planet .......
Stewart Johnson

climber
lake forest
Sep 5, 2013 - 04:07pm PT
sween345

climber
back east
Sep 5, 2013 - 07:05pm PT
Tending bar and dealing the poker game in an illicit after hours joint in Brooklyn in the mid 80's, right when the price of the Peruvian Marching Powder bottomed out. Sometimes it seemed like every sewer in Flatbush emptied at the front door.
Commuting into the city during rush hours can be a death wish, but it's all good once I'm on the job.
The Larry

climber
Moab, UT
Sep 5, 2013 - 07:17pm PT
...oh and delivering Pizzas in North St Louis.
elcap-pics

Big Wall climber
Crestline CA
Sep 5, 2013 - 07:59pm PT
Attended church as a child.... imagine if I grew up actually believing all that crap!!!
bhilden

Trad climber
Mountain View, CA
Sep 5, 2013 - 08:52pm PT
Posting something on SuperTopo!
Floorabove

climber
The Gunks y'all
Sep 5, 2013 - 09:18pm PT
Hard to say. My short list:

Went upstairs at a house fire to search, before water was being applied on the fire in the kitchen. Probably knew I shouldn't, but was young and thought I had something to prove.

F*#ked up the peel out of an eddy above some benign Class 4 drop,flipped, and pinned.

Went through the ice on brand new XC skies. The brand new part being significant in that it was the very first time I had clipped into the NNN style bindings. Very tough time figuring out the release in the water, clinging to the ice.

zBrown

Ice climber
Brujo de La Playa
Sep 5, 2013 - 10:07pm PT
Use the internet.


US and UK spy agencies defeat privacy and security on the internet

• NSA and GCHQ unlock encryption used to protect emails, banking and medical records
• $250m-a-year US program works covertly with tech companies to insert weaknesses into products
• Security experts say programs 'undermine the fabric of the internet'


http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/05/nsa-gchq-encryption-codes-security
lars johansen

Trad climber
West Marin, CA
Sep 6, 2013 - 12:05am PT
playing with firearms while intoxicated

lars
martygarrison

Trad climber
Washington DC
Sep 6, 2013 - 10:26am PT
Maybe walking the favelas of Medellin, Colombia. Or maybe taking a head first fall off of uncle fanny when I was 15, ripping almost all the pro that I had put it, stopping head down three feet from the ground. Yep that last one I guess.
Gary

Social climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
Sep 6, 2013 - 10:46am PT
Jumped out of an airplane.
zBrown

Ice climber
Brujo de La Playa
Sep 6, 2013 - 11:07am PT
for Dr. McAfee, it was startling a herd of elephants.

http://www.10news.com/news/community-reacts-to-death-of-dr-thomas-mcafee-former-ucsd-dean-trampled-to-death-in-africa-090513
Crackslayer

Trad climber
Eldo
Sep 6, 2013 - 11:09am PT
Climbing = ice climbing in the black canyon

Non-climbing = Checking bull pins for mosquitos. Also, rolling my car 300+ feet off of highway 50 in the middle of the night.
handsome B

Gym climber
SL,UT
Sep 6, 2013 - 11:31am PT
Do I have to pick just one?



ydpl8s

Trad climber
Santa Monica, California
Sep 6, 2013 - 12:06pm PT
Lots for me too, the first 3 that come to mind.

1. Going through a "checkpoint" manned by self appointed guerillas twice a day in Entebbe Uganda in 1980. They'd make us get out of the car, AK-47's to our heads and check our "papers". Only thing that saved us is that we were working for the government, and they were scared of the government!

2. 19 yrs old, driving home drunk from a 3.2 bar on top of Lookout Mtn called Sams (Golden, Co), down Lariat Trail.

3. Hitting on a local's girlfriend at 3:00 in the morning at a small bar in Nevada that was full of patrons from the local Paiute reservation.
GhoulweJ

Trad climber
El Dorado Hills, CA
Sep 6, 2013 - 12:15pm PT
Got married....

Then divorced....
The Larry

climber
Moab, UT
Sep 6, 2013 - 12:31pm PT
The Beerolympics is perdy dangerous.


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