The Most Daring/Dangerous Thing You've Done

[auntiehill]

Nothing very daring here.

I went to London by myself for the weekend when I studied at Warwick. Walked around by myself, crashed at a hostel and then caught the train back. I even did it twice that summer. It was great. My classmates said I was brave to do it, but it seemed like a no-brainer to me. I wanted to go, so I went. What was the big deal?

When I was a dumb teenager, I thought it would be cool to roll down the window and sit on the door frame, while my friend was speeding down the major, heavily trafficked road. Fun, but not terribly bright.

When I attended a Catholic High School, I had to take a religion class. So when I was asked about my religious background, I stood up and announced that I was an atheist. That made me LOADS of friends, especially amongst the nuns.

While attending that same school, I was invited to a party, only because the entire class had been invited. So, I show up and a few girls were missing---the black girls. I, being an idiot, asked if the birthday girl didn't like girls A, B and C. They blinked and said, "No, she likes them. They just couldn't come."

I asked why not? I was informed that it was a "Whites Only" country club. Being Miss Subtle, I had an absolute hissy fit, called them all immoral, selfish, racist--blah-blah-blah, and then stomped out and sat on the front steps until my Mom picked me up-a whole whopping 20 minutes after she picked me up.

Again, I was not the most popular girl in school--not by a long shot--but my Mom was proud of me.

 

[Emher]

^I would have liked you in high school

 

[Timby]

I got a phone number from a woman (who passed it to me from the passenger seat of her car, while I was driving mine) at 74 miles per hour on Interstate 94, near Madison, Wisconsin. The vehicles were two, maybe three inches apart.

She turned out to be batshit crazy. Makes sense.

 

[Omnius]

Last year my platoon went to Germany as part of an 'awareness' course. "Dealing with your own stress, and with stress of others" they called it. The course involves abseiling, climbing and all sorts of stunts at ridiculous altitudes. The idea was to not only overcome your own stress in these situations, but to see it in others and learn how to deal with that.
Remarkably, I had little fear and I managed to pass most tests with ease. Until we came to the last test. You had to rappell down a cliff face (including getting over the edge) without touching the rope or the wall itself. Even though I knew that my buddy would guide me down and that I was pretty well secured, it scared me shitless. You know, when I'm in control everything is fine, I can rappell down a 60 meter cliff face easily, but this was just scary. In cases like this you have to trust your buddy to guide you down well enough so you wont go to fast. Everything went fine eventually, after I had to retry it twice because I couldnt resist using my hands.
The irony though is, that even though I came through this unscathed, I broke my ankle last week during a warming up for a sports class. We were going to play basketball for crying out loud...

So if you ask me, what's the most dangerous thing you've done, I'd say: a warming up...

 

[Kestra]

I guess I should post. I haven't really done anything too daring. Most of it involved guys and such. You know, doing stuff with my boyfriend in his (super conservative) parents' house. Same with my parents' house. Same with the back of the car, though that ended when the cops came.

And just stupid stuff in high school, like changing clothes with friends in full view of the street, running across lanes of traffic, etc.

 

[sojourner]

Let's see. On hindsight for some reason these seem less dangerous.

Broke up a fight in a back woods middle of nowhere bar in Wyoming.
Got in a knockdown fight in the terminal at Orlando International Airport.
Made pipe bombs when I was a teenager. (no property damage, we would set them off in junkyards).
Used a blue flashing light to chase cars on the interstate. (teenager again)
Roamed the streets of foreign cities solo (London, Cairo, Napoli, Morocco, and others)
Have had every car I have ever owned over 100mph.
Surfed in thunderstorms.


Never traded living life today for the security of tomorrow.

 

[RJDiogenes]

I suppose I did a few dangerous things when I was a kid, like driving too fast and going to some dicey places. I found myself in a few bad neighborhoods in New York and New Jersey when I was a young man traveling around. I hung out in the Combat Zone in Boston a couple of times as a teenager and got knifed once, but not seriously.

 

[Caliburn24]

Various mortar, small-arms and IED attacks in Iraq.

Nothing even approaching that level of danger as a civilian.

 

[Amaris]

Various mortar, small-arms and IED attacks in Iraq.

Nothing even approaching that level of danger as a civilian.

I was a convenience store employee who worked night shift right next to a biker bar.

 

[Zulu Romeo]

Various mortar, small-arms and IED attacks in Iraq.

Nothing even approaching that level of danger as a civilian.

I was a convenience store employee who worked night shift right next to a biker bar.

I spent a year in Doncaster.

 

[Geckothan]

The only remotely dangerous/daring thing I've done is abseil down a cliff covered in nettles and brambles once with no prior experience and no protection/safety gear when I was a kid, and I don't remember that being particularly scary.

 

[Scout101]

skydiving (3 times)
I've got a motorcycle (vulcan, of course )

I wouldn't have guessed the motorcycle thing! Do you plan on going skydiving again? My husband did once, before we got married. He waited until I was out of the country and then did it so I couldn't object!

Yeah, I'll probably skydive again, it's a hell of a rush! The one in Hawaii was fun, we were up high enough that you could see the entire outline of the island!

Forgot, should probably add scuba diving to the list as well, finished my certifications for all that stuff last summer

 

[Yeoman Randi]

When i was 19 i backpacked across Europe for 6 weeks with two friends. This was in the 70s so it probably wasn't as daring or dangerous as it would be now. Being an old fart now, i can't believe i did that. I'd never do it now nor would i let MY teenage daughter do it.

What i really did that was dangerous (and very stupid) was drugs and a lot of them when i was a teen into my 20s. I lost three friends from drugs (1 overdose, 1 choked on vomit while passed out and 1 from aids via shared heroin needles) and i was incredibly lucky that i never overdosed. I took some real chances (including hitching while completely wasted). I am very lucky i wasn't raped or murdered by some lunatic who picked me up. Yeah, i was a very stupid young person. I thank my lucky stars that i survived those years.

 

[John Picard]

When i was 19 i backpacked across Europe for 6 weeks with two friends. This was in the 70s so it probably wasn't as daring or dangerous as it would be now. Being an old fart now, i can't believe i did that. I'd never do it now nor would i let MY teenage daughter do it.

On another forum, a fellow member's wife passed away a couple of years ago at the age of 34(?) Anyway, he described some of what they did in their younger years with one item being they both backbacked across Europe for a few months during college. In my teen years, I used to when people talked about backpacking across Europe, but when I look back it seems like a great adventure. I would definitely encourage my 15 year old to do it when he's older

 

[Yeoman Randi]

^ My parents weren't very ...observant, is the nice way to put it. I really got away with a lot. When i was a teen I thought that I'd be the "coolest" parent around, letting my kids do anything they wanted....well, ha...i ended up being on the stricter side. Maybe because i saw first hand just how crazy a kid can go without some real rules.

However, I'll admit that being a bit stricter than most parents around here hasn't always worked out though. I really wish babies came with instruction manuals!

Anyway, to this day i am so glad and grateful that i DID go on that 6 week adventure. I experienced so many great things, met some wonderful people and saw so many beautiful countries. It was awesome!

 

[Lindley]

I have a pilots license as well, but I don't actually considering flying a plane all that daring or dangerous. It is a thrill though.

I was reaching, I know, but it's the only thing I do that's even remotely risky.

 

[RevDMV]

I have a pilots license as well, but I don't actually considering flying a plane all that daring or dangerous. It is a thrill though.

I was reaching, I know, but it's the only thing I do that's even remotely risky.

Well, there was that time over Macho Grande....

 

[Zulu Romeo]

I have a pilots license as well, but I don't actually considering flying a plane all that daring or dangerous. It is a thrill though.

I was reaching, I know, but it's the only thing I do that's even remotely risky.

Well, there was that time over Macho Grande....

No one gets over Macho Grande.

 

[wew]

I told a Brigadier General, who was also the base commander, that I couldn't give him any sports equipment unless he gave me his ID card (I was 16 at the time).

Result: transferred to another section where I spent the summer scraping up the varnish in the bowling alley lanes.

 

[LitmusDragon]

"We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold." - Hunter S Thompson

I have a history of youthful drug use, nothing too hard but a lot of psychedelics. I've ridden in cars with people who were high, driven when I was high, went to work high. All pretty dangerous probably.

Not that any of this is particularly daring- in fact it was just stupid. I've quit drinking now but I can't seem to kick smoking, I'm down to 2 cigarettes a day and I should really just quit. I've quit for months at a time before but always seem to come back.

Aside from the drugs I'm actually a very meek person. Talking to strangers terrifies me. Unless it's over the phone, then it's OK for some reason.