Quote Originally Posted by Big King Sanctaphrax
So how many near-death experiences have you lot had, on average?!

I can't even think of one. Perhaps I've just lived a sheltered life.
Or maybe you're just a lucky guy. Depends on how you look at it.

I've had a few near-brushes. Most of my words and thoughts at those moments would be unprintable here. I can think of two incidents that wouldn't break any Org rules:

While sliding uncontrollably down an ice face in the Rockies: "I'm gonna hit the boulder field ..."

In Morocco, when a teenage soldier shoved an AK-47 in my stomach: "But I'm an American ..."

The latter must have been the last thought of a lot of my countrymen.

I've never had an opportunity to try to write something down -- my experiences have been fast and physical. Nothing like that for a long time now, for which I am duly grateful.