What's the most exciting outdoor activity you have ever done?

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I just went rafting on the White Salmon this past weekend. Going over the falls was a rush, especially after our raft flipped on the Oak Springs Rapids on the Deschutes last year. I have done parasailing (but that is pretty boring). I tried surfing once and would love to try it again.. But, I think for me the most exciting outdoor activity I have done is probably kayaking. I think I enjoy rafting more though. I would like to try windsurfing some time.
 
Almost killed myself on Boxcar-on-the-Deschutes when I was 17.

Most of the other stuff was military-related...fast-roping out of a helo, being topside in an Alaska storm in February trying to do a helo-evac...that type of thing. Never parachuted, though.
 
Sex.

barfo
 
Zybot said:
I just went rafting on the White Salmon this past weekend. Going over the falls was a rush, especially after our raft flipped on the Oak Springs Rapids on the Deschutes last year. I have done parasailing (but that is pretty boring). I tried surfing once and would love to try it again.. But, I think for me the most exciting outdoor activity I have done is probably kayaking. I think I enjoy rafting more though. I would like to try windsurfing some time.
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dang you sound like someone from the Gorge lol. The White Salmon is a wonderful place to raft!
 
Maybe not MOST exciting, but just did the Hood to Coast thispast weekend for the second time. Was a lot of fun. Anyone else here do it?
 
I am sure it involved running around the yard with a group a kids playing [insert name of kid game here] after eating an icecream bar or something similar. Nothing in adult life can match that.

The start of my first marathon was pretty cool. Skiing is pretty fun. Did some hair raising Mtn biking back in the day.

Haven't done the hood to coast yet RR7 but I want to. I think my company will have a team next year.
 
Sex with BeerBoys sister up at Washington Park!
 
Seriously, repelling out of helicopters in the Army.
 
Skydiving, scuba-diving in Mexico with 15 foot Manta Rays and going into underwater caves, and maybe getting some killer air whilst skiing.

Mowing the lawn is pretty hard-core too but it makes me light-headed.
 
Inner tubing on the Persian Gulf during Operation Desert Storm was a kick in the ass...
 
Lunch.

I'm really more of an indoor person.
 
Wait--I just thought of something else. I once, literally, shot the nuts off a moose. It was the freakiest accident ever. I kept missing the goddamned thing (I'm really not very good with a rifle, although I'm an ace with a shotgun). And then bam, right in the nads.

Seriously troubling day.

I also got lost in some central Idaho backwoods for half a day. Didn't know where the hell I was except that I was about 50 miles from the nearest telephone. I was about 16. One of our horses had got loose at camp while elk hunting and I tried to chase it down on foot. I took a shortcut on the trail and the next thing I know I was completely spun around. I was in a t-shirt, jeans and boots, and I knew it was going to get down to around 25 that night. No matches, knife, gun, nothing. Utterly terrifying.

I'll never forget how relieved I was to finally stumble into camp. And how annoyed I was that my brother and my dad hadn't even begun to look for me. Fuckers.
 
mook said:
Wait--I just thought of something else. I once, literally, shot the nuts off a moose. It was the freakiest accident ever. I kept missing the goddamned thing (I'm really not very good with a rifle, although I'm an ace with a shotgun). And then bam, right in the nads.

Seriously troubling day.

I also got lost in some central Idaho backwoods for half a day. Didn't know where the hell I was except that I was about 50 miles from the nearest telephone. I was about 16. One of our horses had got loose at camp while elk hunting and I tried to chase it down on foot. I took a shortcut on the trail and the next thing I know I was completely spun around. I was in a t-shirt, jeans and boots, and I knew it was going to get down to around 25 that night. No matches, knife, gun, nothing. Utterly terrifying.

I'll never forget how relieved I was to finally stumble into camp. And how annoyed I was that my brother and my dad hadn't even begun to look for me. Fuckers.
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I feel really sorry for the moose... I hope you put him out of his misery. I can't imagine bleeding to death from that. Also that sounds terrifying, being lost in the woods in Idaho. I would have tried to make a huge freaking fire when it started getting dark.

Also, rock climbing is pretty fun.
 
westnob said:
I feel really sorry for the moose... I hope you put him out of his misery. I can't imagine bleeding to death from that. Also that sounds terrifying, being lost in the woods in Idaho.
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Especially when there is a castrated moose out there looking for revenge.

barfo
 
skating, back when i used to...i didnt do anything crazy but some of the stuff i did was really exciting
 
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