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What's the craziest, most dangerous thing you ever did?

dontpanicbobby

dontpanicbobby

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For me it was riding in the back of a Huey with 3 other guys each holding a 70 to 90 pound patrol dog between their knees while the pilot took a 90 degree vertical turn at about 250 feet. It might not have been 90 degrees but the dogs weren't strapped in and I swear when I looked through the door all I could see was the ground, no horizon. It was training though. I'm a Veteran of the Peace 1977-1981 USAF. The Live Fire march wasn't even close, never mind having large dogs with sharp teeth chase you and bite your arm while wearing a leather and burlap sleeve.
 
Car drivers aren't the only crazy ones in Boston. Our cyclists could give a s about the rules of the road. Red lights? Depends on when you get there. Pedestrians? Depends on how fast you're going Sidewalks are free game.

I have yet to hear a peep about a Boston/Cambridge/Brookline cop giving a cyclist a ticket; Never.
 
We get that here too. Cyclists are quick to demand safety, but we see careless road habits like the ones you describe. I've seen a cyclist go through a red light at a junction, presumably because they could see nothing was coming the other direction. Last time I checked the highway code, red light means stop. For everyone.
 
Not in Boston.

Back on topic; I crawled up and down numerous rock surfaces while in school shoes. Anyone climb up over 50 feet on rocks? If you had gear, that's cool. I just don't understand how you trust your life to those thin ropes when you're going way up?
 
Has anyone done a bungee jump. It's something I've always considered doing, but having a dislike for heights, would be a challenge.
Parachuting is also something I think would be cool. But again - heights.
 
Probably the dumbest/craziest thing I did last year, was rig up a makeshift platform to trim some trees with a new chainsaw. I ended up falling and cracking my collar bone.
Not my greatest idea ever.
 
BUNGEE! Never did it. But I did do a rope jump. Imagine a wooden platform 20 feet in the air, with a 12 foot post with a three inch 15 foot rope tied off with a huge knot attached to the far end over a regulation deep sand play area. You dropped straight down off the platform and let's the geometry swing you out. We called it "The Ball Buster* and the City of Boston paid for it. I still wonder wtf those playground designers were thinking? A boy could get hurt. :( j/k
 
During my wild & wooly Navy career, I did some daring and - dare I say reckless- things. I guess one of the more memorable things I did ( that I can talk about publicly without banning myself :p ) is:

During a port visit to Hawaii, a shipmate & I rented mopeds and scooted all around the Honolulu area. We chanced upon the base of Diamond Head, which (at the time) was fenced off. But we found a hole! We snuck in and explored the tunnels and armament placements that had been carved out to defend Oahu during WWII. Very fascinating! But then we decided to climb up to the very crest of Diamond Head and walk all the way around it. Parts were very treacherous: a sheer 500-foot drop either side! The view of Honolulu up there was spectacular, and to this day I regret not taking my camera with me that day. So yeah... I walked the crest of Diamond Head and lived to tell the tale.

That kind of pales in comparison to some of my other "adventures", none of which I'm prepared to discuss in a public forum ;)
 
25 yrs ago.. doing down a highway towards New Orleans...
2 am.... in a small sports car... 4 guys..
Eagle Talon turbo...
120 mph...

then you see road blocks ahead do to construction.....
stomped on the breaks....
anti-lock brakes.. pulsing...
barriers getting closer .. fast...
came to a stop.. 3 feet away!!!!

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about the same time ish....
was out camping... found a pond.. about 3o feet wide..
saw a cliff about 40 feet up... over said pond..
saw some dude jump off... into pond
cool I want to do that....

me in my flip flop... climbed up.. not to bad trail to it...
without thinking.. I ran and jumped..
as I left the cliff... and looked around and down..
that shit looks small!! I might miss!!!
I really wanted to go back to the cliff!
 
I'm glad you made it. I saw a news report about someone doing the same kind of thing and dying not to long ago. We call it "Quarry Jumping". I don't know how to swim so I avoided that idiocy when I was young.
 
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