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Re: What is the most dangerous thing you have ever done? - NewtonMP2100 - 02-14-2021
......standing on the corner of 42nd street......back before they cleaned it up/Disney-fied it.......
Re: What is the most dangerous thing you have ever done? - freeradical - 02-14-2021
I was born.
Re: What is the most dangerous thing you have ever done? - GGD - 02-14-2021
RecipeForDisaster wrote:
I’m sure there is worse, but all I can think of right now is climbing 25’ up a wet, thin hemlock tree with no ropes (in rain boots), kayaking class II rapids at flood stage in a non-whitewater boat, taking that same boat (it also was not a sea kayak) out through a confluence into the open ocean, riding any horse any time, no questions asked, as a kid, and making my F-150 max out the speedometer when I was 17 (not a closed road or anything, but nothing bad happened - not even a ticket).
I grew up in a house where we had a basement fire, which my dad tried to extinguish with Tupperware containers of water... he also mixed bleach and ammonia accidentally. And then put a running chainsaw down on his thigh "for a minute". My mom got bitten by several random dogs, strangers or her own, over the years... LOTS of ER visits for varied things. Not much seemed too crazy to me back then.
So is all this the origin of the name RecipeForDisaster
Re: What is the most dangerous thing you have ever done? - RecipeForDisaster - 02-14-2021
Just another day in the life, yeah. I could think and come up with more for hours... the time my mom totaled the car, but airbags were new and we thought the car was on fire because of the "smoke" and smell. My ankle was broken, and I was 12, but I grabbed the 88 pound dog in my ARMS and ran from the car.
GGD wrote:
[quote=RecipeForDisaster]
I’m sure there is worse, but all I can think of right now is climbing 25’ up a wet, thin hemlock tree with no ropes (in rain boots), kayaking class II rapids at flood stage in a non-whitewater boat, taking that same boat (it also was not a sea kayak) out through a confluence into the open ocean, riding any horse any time, no questions asked, as a kid, and making my F-150 max out the speedometer when I was 17 (not a closed road or anything, but nothing bad happened - not even a ticket).
I grew up in a house where we had a basement fire, which my dad tried to extinguish with Tupperware containers of water... he also mixed bleach and ammonia accidentally. And then put a running chainsaw down on his thigh "for a minute". My mom got bitten by several random dogs, strangers or her own, over the years... LOTS of ER visits for varied things. Not much seemed too crazy to me back then.
So is all this the origin of the name RecipeForDisaster
Re: What is the most dangerous thing you have ever done? - Buzz - 02-14-2021
Got married.
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Re: What is the most dangerous thing you have ever done? - hal - 02-14-2021
Pointing a loaded gun in jest at a friend back when I was too young and stupid to realize what I was doing.
Early rock climbing experience: me and a friend saw an interesting climb and started up it. It was HARD, but once wed got to the top we realized that there was no easy way down. The only way down was the way we came up and it was WAY harder going down. Lesson learned - ALWAYS scope out the down climb before you climb up.
I've been roped on 400' walls, but that doesn't seem as dangerous as a 30' un-roped climb.
While backpacking, came to an impassible creek. Finally saw a way to leap (with a heavy pack) as far as I possibly could, land on one foot on a rock and hop another few feet to the other shore. Fast moving snow melt at 11000'. I stared for a LONG time thinking about it (20min at least) and when I saw a group on the other side coming close, I decided to go for it - they could help if I fell in. I can still feel the stress on that knee when I landed on that first rock. Man, that was stupid...
Re: What is the most dangerous thing you have ever done? - Fritz - 02-14-2021
Buzz wrote:
Got married.
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knew someone would. We haven't.
Not pursuing becoming a millionaire.
Re: What is the most dangerous thing you have ever done? - testcase - 02-14-2021
Buzz wrote:THIS
Got married.
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#2: circumstance; having to confront an armed felon at the end of an overnight shift. Fortunately, said felon gave me some simple advice which enabled me to successfully resolve the issue.
Re: What is the most dangerous thing you have ever done? - mrbigstuff - 02-14-2021
Mine all involve driving. Kids who are less than 18 years old should not be allowed to drive. On second thought, maybe 20.
Re: What is the most dangerous thing you have ever done? - Randalls - 02-14-2021
Back in the day riding my 1974 H2 750cc Kawasaki (3 cylinder 2 stroke) on a highway north of Terre Haute, IN. It was a Saturday around midnight in the summer. No traffic. I loved speed so pushed it up to about 110 mph for about 3 miles. I turned around and headed back to town on another high speed run. The engine redlined and I suddenly lost all acceleration so I dropped it back to idle and coasted about a mile back to the city lights where I found a gas station still open. Coasted in and took the side cover off the engine and found the nut on the front sprocket had vibrated loose and was stuck in grease on the inside of the case with the sprocket. The chain was still on the shaft and was just loosely skipping around.
It had sheared the pin that held the nut on the front sprocket. If that chain had come off the 2 inch drive shaft it would have locked up and tossed me and the bike most likely over the Hwy 41 bridge and into the Wabash river.
Realizing just how lucky I was as I figured it out. Got a more secure star washer the next day. They didn’t call them “widow makers” for nothing. Still have that bike.