Quote: Curt @ July 24 2008, 1:50 AM BSTQuick Explanation of the situation:
I used to work as an assistant to two prospectors.
My job was to walk about deep in the woods of Northern Ontario, carring samples of minerals (usually around 80 pounds of weight), taking GPS positioning ect..ect...
Curt's "Most Scared" Story:
While climbing up a cliff one morning with a full packsack I pulled myself to the top of the cliff side and (facing away from the actual cliff) and did a stretch. I then noticed I was moving backwards; the moss under my feet had given way and ripped under my feet. I fell backwards off the cliff and I thought "I'm going to die or be paralyzed". Instead of plummeting to my death I found myself hanging upside down in a tree. My packsack had got caught on a tree.
The prospector (a 50 year old Newfoundlander) climbed down laughing and helped me out of the tree.
That was the most scared I had ever been.
Flippin' Jesus!