I don't think he was scared:
I think he just relaxed the wrong muscle(s)...
Showing posts with label outdoors. Show all posts
Showing posts with label outdoors. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Dumb Kid Versus Wild

Read the follow-up to Another Massachusetts Moron and watch the video news coverage here.
He sank several times into mountain runoff that was hidden beneath waist-deep snow.
"The runoff was about 2 1/2 feet deep and probably running 30 mph," he said. "The guides confirmed I could have gotten sucked in if I had fallen all the way in, and I would have been gone."
Saturday and Sunday nights, Mason crawled beneath snow-covered pine trees and hunkered down in a bivvy sack, a waterproof sleeping bag shell. To keep warm, he started fires with a hand sanitzer gel.
"You can put it right on what you are burning, and even on the snow you can make a fire," he said. "I was able to make a fire just because I ripped down some big evergreen branches."
Three feet of snow sounded pretty dangerous to me....but on top of semi-frozen rapids??? Holy poop!
If the *Vesus Wild* reference is lost on you...
Read my posts - Man Versus Wild and Man Verus Wild Versus Captious Fools.
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