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goatboy smellz
climber
Nederland-GulfBreeze
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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.
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Gunkie
Trad climber
East Coast US
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While in college, ran the Philadelphia subway tracks between stations. Could have died very easily and stupidly.
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Fat Dad
Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
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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.
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WBraun
climber
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Most dangerous ......?
Hanging out on this planet .......
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sween345
climber
back east
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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.
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The Larry
climber
Moab, UT
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...oh and delivering Pizzas in North St Louis.
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elcap-pics
Big Wall climber
Crestline CA
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Attended church as a child.... imagine if I grew up actually believing all that crap!!!
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bhilden
Trad climber
Mountain View, CA
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Posting something on SuperTopo!
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Floorabove
climber
The Gunks y'all
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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.
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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujo de La Playa
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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
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lars johansen
Trad climber
West Marin, CA
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playing with firearms while intoxicated
lars
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martygarrison
Trad climber
Washington DC
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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.
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Gary
Social climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Jumped out of an airplane.
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Crackslayer
Trad climber
Eldo
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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.
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handsome B
Gym climber
SL,UT
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Do I have to pick just one?
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ydpl8s
Trad climber
Santa Monica, California
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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.
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GhoulweJ
Trad climber
El Dorado Hills, CA
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Got married....
Then divorced....
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The Larry
climber
Moab, UT
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The Beerolympics is perdy dangerous.
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