Really Bad Situations You Have Been In

[kensei]

Oops, was just re-reading my post and saw that I called my rescuers "an old far couple." I left the m off of "farm."

[The Good Michael]

Hiking in Peru near Ollantaytambo about 3000 m. My cousins and I were trying to get up to a ridge in order to more quickly reach some Incan ruins rather than having to walk back down to the road and spend a few hours going around the ridge. We were carrying, I imagine 50 pounds in our packs with sleeping gear, tents, and food. A little boy spoke to us and I was the translator (though my Spanish wasn't wonderful). He said he knew a shortcut, so we followed this little human mountain goat. We passed through a tight, natural tunnel formed by two slabs of stone that had falled together. We had to remove our packs and pull them through. When we got to the other side we were standing on a ledge about 3 feet wide by 7 or 8 feet long. There looked like nowhere to go. The boy pointed up and we could see some handholds going up about 15 - 20 feet. The boy began to climb. As I was slinging my pack back on, I looked behind me. About 1500 feet down from this narrow ledge was a ribbon of water; certain death were one to slip. I climbed up and my cousins followed suit. Luckily, the boy had been right and as we got atop this ridge, we could see the ruins not far away. On the way back, we took the road.

Mike

[c.d.]

I was backpacking in Montana with a friend of mine. We were having trouble starting a fire as it had rained for several days and everything was wet. I had some white gas (which is extremely flammable) in a metal bottle that we used for our stove. I poured a little of it on the wet wood (being very cautious) and got a fire going. When it looked like the wood was just too wet and the fire started going out, I poured on a little more white gas. Bad idea. Flames shot up and ignited the gas that had dribbled out from the cap when I poured so that I was now holding a flaming Molotov cocktail in my hand. Without thinking I threw it and ran but then realized that was a good way to start a forest fire. We grabbed some dirt and were able to smother the flames but it really shook us up.

It just shows you that alcohol doesn't have to be involved in order to do stupid things.

c.d.

[The Good Michael]

Once I was in a womb...you know the rest.

Mike

[GUT]

I was once in a church and this girl dressed all in white walked towards me ...

and my life, as I knew it, was over.

[The Good Michael]

Gut, I'm terribly sorry. I had no idea.

Mike

[GUT]

G'day Mike

Thanks for the sympathy, it has been hard earned.

[DVV]

But being drunk means you're not in control.

Mike

Wrong you are, carissimo.
Everything is under control.

Now have noted that Ardbeg 10 has become tasteless ?
Mickey Heads has left and works for Jura, that's why.
Turn your eyes to Caol Ila 12, believe me.

Cheers

[Beowulf]

We have a cat door. My cats are now locked in at night.

But a few years ago I awoke in the middle of the night...cat door in...and in the dark I heard a'squeakin' coming from the side of my bed.

So....I turned on the light.

and saw my favorite cat Pookie, at the my side of the bed with a huge rat in his mouth, just about to hop up on the bed. Would've been in the dark, if we went Pookie's route.

Cats stay in now after 10pm, cat door out.

The rats...well, they can find another bed to sleep in.

[Al Bundy's Eyes]

The Latvian Caravan incident...

[Ozzy]

Stay at home, guys!

Indeedy