Misadventures Of My Youth or What Not To Do When Exploring Remote Places (712 hits)
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Submitted by Brdn_Nkd (View user info) at 2008-03-20 10:18:05 EDT
When I was in high school the Black Hills of SD were my playground. We fished, camped, hiked, mountain biked, cliff jumped, and explored constantly. We found ghost towns, abandoned gold mines, abandoned lumber mills, and some of the most beautiful land imaginable. We also managed to put ourselves in some pretty unusual situations. This story is about one of those occasions and I will likely follow this with some of the others. We knew how to take care of ourselves and had a lot of fun but, being teenagers, we didn't always make the most intelligent decisions.
My friend Ryan and I were out exploring one evening. I showed him this old abandoned lumber mill and we climbed around there for a while before deciding to move on. More often than not we stumbled across things like the lumber mill because of our random method of exploring. We'd see a road or trail we hadn't been on and one of us would say something like "wonder where that goes". Exploring can sometimes put you in interesting situations. In the Black Hills sticky situations can be made more interesting by the fact that you can get away from civilization to places where you might not see another person for days or weeks.
This was one of those places. We were 45 minutes from any real town and 6 miles from any real road. We were roaming the fire roads and checking things out when we spotted a trail that looked entertaining. The very first obstacle on this trail was a small creek about a foot and a half deep and maybe eight feet across. Ryan asked me if I thought his truck could make it and although it did look passable I told him I had no idea having not driven his truck. Ryan decided that his truck could make it, in fact his, now famous, last words were "my truck's got balls, it can make it."
Ryan eased into the creek and got just far enough that the truck was surrounded by water and then he couldn't go any further. The soil in the Black Hills can be very fine and silty and the bottom of this creek was composed of that silt. The creek was flowing just under the truck, lapping at the undercarriage. Ryan tried and tried to free his truck, trying to back out and rocking it but it quickly became apparent that it wasn't going anywhere without assistance. We climbed out onto the hood and jumped to dry land.
When we left that afternoon to go out and play it was a warm 80 degrees. It was now nearing dusk and the temperature in the hills drops fast so our shorts and t-shirts were not quite as sufficient as we'd thought. Without any real great options we decided to walk to the main road. There was a small cluster of about five houses a little down that road and we hoped we'd be able to find a phone.
So we walked and walked and walked. 6 miles back to the road and another 2 to the cluster of homes. We knocked on the doors of four of the houses before anyone answered. This older hippy looking guy comes to the door and just kind of stares at us. He was wearing painters clothes and had paint on his hands.
"Can we use your phone?"
"This isn't my house man." After saying this he just stood there staring at us.
"Look, we got stuck and we need to call someone for help, can we use the phone?"
"I don't know man, this isn't my house."
"Ok, right, it's not your house but can we use the phone?"
"I'm just painting man, I don't know if I should let you use the phone, this isn't my house."
I don't know if he was on something or had just closed all the windows and huffed paint all day while he worked but the guy was seriously messed up. We did finally convince him to let us use his phone and we called around for someone to drive out to pick us up.
Our ride drove a little car so we didn't even bother trying to go back for Ryan's truck, instead we called around until we got a hold of a friend with a four wheel drive truck. This friend, Chris, was serious about off road driving. His truck was one of the original Broncos with gigantic mud tires and all the other "necessary" upgrades. He drove us out to Ryan's truck, took one look at the situation and drove down through the creek right next to Ryan's stuck ass blazer. He backed up to Ryan's truck, hooked up a tow rope and pulled him out.
I'd told Chris about Ryan's claim that his truck had balls and he demonstrated for Ryan how little balls his truck had by dragging him through this mucky swampy place and then back down through the creek right where Ryan had gotten stuck before unhooking the tow rope.
In the end we ended up with more fodder to use to make fun of Ryan, no real damage was done aside from the bruises to Ryan's ego, and we added another story of mishap to our collection.
We didn't have cell phones then, this was almost twelve or thirteen years ago now and we sadly didn't think to get a picture but the picture below is very much what his truck looked like sitting in that creek. He really wasn't very happy about leaving it sit there overnight but we really didn't have much of a choice.
User Reviews
Submitted by DonovanMD (user info) at 2008-03-21 20:16:46 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by MyTeeOne (user info) at 2008-03-20 13:50:39 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
The writing was good and I was engaged all the way through, but I know you have better "stories of stupid things I did in my youth" to tell.
Submitted by TheUniter (user info) at 2008-03-20 13:38:23 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
Submitted by Jeanneee (user info) at 2008-03-20 13:12:11 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
"My truck's got balls" LOL
I used to drive a Blazer. I flipped it over in a ditch when I was 18. That sucked.
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2008-03-20 13:00:45 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
Great tune link. Song rocks.
Picture? Not so great.
Submitted by Brdn_Nkd (user info) at 2008-03-20 12:37:01 EDT (#)
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haha, that's awsome.
sposed to get another 6-10 inches of the white shit tonight/tomorrow.
Submitted by MudWhistle (user info) at 2008-03-20 12:20:03 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I thought you'd enjoy this
http://www.macleans.ca/columnists/article.jsp?content=20080312_96248_96248&id=2
Submitted by sicosemen (user info) at 2008-03-20 12:13:02 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
http://images.google.com/images?sourceid=gmail&q=kentucky+waterfall&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi
Submitted by Brdn_Nkd (user info) at 2008-03-20 12:11:02 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
haha kentucky waterfall.
Submitted by sicosemen (user info) at 2008-03-20 12:09:45 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I'm just razzing on both of you, except the mullet part...that's fucking funny. I'm not sure if that's a mullet or if it could be described as a "Kentucky waterfall."
Submitted by Brdn_Nkd (user info) at 2008-03-20 12:08:18 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
not familiar with the cliches but we've discussed music elsewhere
http://www.ubersite.com/m/114570
http://www.ubersite.com/m/112013
and we do match in places.
Submitted by sicosemen (user info) at 2008-03-20 12:00:34 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
"His collection, and the new sound it represented, would form the inspiration for The Clichés."
http://www.thecliches.com/images/Photo12_jpg.jpg Nice mullet bwahahahahaahaha
http://www.thecliches.com/MusicforWeb/SheIntimidates.mp3
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Surely you weren't serios, brdn....surely.
Submitted by Brdn_Nkd (user info) at 2008-03-20 11:56:44 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
i'd have to disagree with the horrible music statement.... shlong and i actually seem to have a lot of shared taste in that regard.
Submitted by dithered (user info) at 2008-03-20 11:39:10 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
lol simple math and Shlongy don't get along. :(
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2008-03-20 11:36:40 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
Check that: 4 below.
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2008-03-20 11:36:19 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
oathmeal, two below.
Enough said.
Submitted by pen_name (user info) at 2008-03-20 11:35:46 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
you can't cancel out your own negative ratings unless your alter is a secret. i have some experience with this, and to do otherwise is just rude.
Submitted by Brdn_Nkd (user info) at 2008-03-20 11:34:41 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
is your thong twisted shlong? what is this golden corral you speak of? if you're going to wine and dine me you could at least take me somewhere nice.
Submitted by dithered (user info) at 2008-03-20 11:32:03 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Washed-up product of a misspent youth and overindulgence in terrible music below.
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2008-03-20 11:28:40 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
WHEN YOU GET TO 10,000 REVIEWS, TREAT YOURSELF TO SOMETHING SPECIAL LIKE A NEW CAR...OR THE ALL YOU CAN EAT BUFFET AT GOLDEN CORRAL.
Submitted by Brdn_Nkd (user info) at 2008-03-20 11:25:15 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
huh, 33 more reviews after this one and I'll have had 10000 reviews on my posts. i know this isn't a great feat for some but I haven't had a ton of hit/heat whoring so it's taken a while for me to get there.... nearing four years of wasting time on this site. how is that even possible?
Submitted by Brdn_Nkd (user info) at 2008-03-20 11:23:00 EDT (#)
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well why wouldn't we shlong? what else do you do when you're stuck way back in the woods. you must have been there though if we were hiding mini salamis.
Submitted by MudWhistle (user info) at 2008-03-20 11:22:02 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I"m sorry sico, you're right I shouldn't be pointing fingers.
they say every time you point a finger there are 3 pointing right back at you.
my apologies.
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2008-03-20 11:21:16 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
I bet you and Ryan had sword fights and played "hide the mini-salami".
Submitted by sicosemen (user info) at 2008-03-20 11:18:26 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by MudWhistle (user info) at 2008-03-20 11:14:00 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
pen
EKo = sicosemen
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Now that's just downright accusatory and I, for one, won't stand for the blasphemous nature of your tone.
I can't quite remember why I ever wrote that "you don't want to play that game" review or why I'm not supposed to like pen_name in the first place.
Oh well.
Submitted by celtic1888 (user info) at 2008-03-20 11:14:51 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by MudWhistle (user info) at 2008-03-20 11:14:00 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
pen
EKo = sicosemen
Submitted by pen_name (user info) at 2008-03-20 11:10:54 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
wow an alter just gave me a couple 2's to offset sico's. uber not only has villains and henchman, it has heros and hero helpers. A battle of good and evil is taking place here, genmtleman. perhaps THE battle of good and evil, one that will decide the fate of humanity.
isn't it strange that the first salvo began in a post depicting a man groping his genitals. God save us all.
Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2008-03-20 11:09:42 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
go play my game bitches
Submitted by CaptainThorns (user info) at 2008-03-20 11:06:30 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
No Comment
Submitted by pen_name (user info) at 2008-03-20 11:03:15 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
wait a tick...i played Jumanji a few years ago and never finished. Could that have caused this cyclical nightmare?!?!?!!
Submitted by pen_name (user info) at 2008-03-20 11:01:03 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
http://www.ubersite.com/m/95679#2260181
Submitted by pen_name (user info) at 2006-12-21 16:58:07 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by sicosemen (user info) at 2006-12-21 08:19:04 (#)
Ranking: -2
Retaliatory. You don't want to play this game.
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hahahahahahahaha
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i just realized that i keep playing the game. i need help, man. i can't stop!
Submitted by Brdn_Nkd (user info) at 2008-03-20 11:00:22 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by CarterPFly (user info) at 2008-03-20 10:57:06 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
A friends bronco gets stuck for a couple of hours, nothing else interesting happens, The end.
Wow, Great story.
it's true. his truck got stuck and in the end we got out without any serious consequence. do you always remember to pack a spatula when you go camping? if so we might be able to use someone with your level headed ability to think.
Submitted by Brdn_Nkd (user info) at 2008-03-20 10:58:14 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
sounds like an excellent way to spend a work day muddy. we had friends that had real trucks and they took us on some amazing trails... climbing over huge boulders and sloshing through insanely deep mud pits.
one night we decided to go camping... usually this would be spontaneous "hey let's go camping". it was one of those nights and we left town about ten p.m. with some food and sleeping bags and then crammed everyone into two "real" trucks. we were climbing over boulders and one of the drivers was a little inexperienced and didn't give it enough gas. his truck slide to the side of the boulder so that it sat at about a 45 degree angle leaning against a pine tree. we couldn't get out because one side of the truck was way up in the air while the other door was blocked by the pine that was holding the truck up so the riders in the other truck had to get out and push on the roof of the truck to get it out away from the tree while the driver rocked it until he could get up over the boulder and off the tree.
Submitted by sicosemen (user info) at 2008-03-20 10:57:53 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Pen, did I spam you enough or would you like some more?
Submitted by CarterPFly (user info) at 2008-03-20 10:57:06 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
A friends bronco gets stuck for a couple of hours, nothing else interesting happens, The end.
Wow, Great story.
Submitted by pen_name (user info) at 2008-03-20 10:55:46 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
no, but darko is my soul mate.
Submitted by sicosemen (user info) at 2008-03-20 10:53:58 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Wait...is pen_name darko?
Submitted by pen_name (user info) at 2008-03-20 10:51:34 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
WOOO!
Submitted by pen_name (user info) at 2008-03-20 10:51:13 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
i love that uber has villains and henchmen.
if sico is Scut farkus, who is grover dill?
Submitted by sicosemen (user info) at 2008-03-20 10:50:23 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I was joking about the sico bashing. You can tell it really bothers me, eh? Except, now I'm going to go spam Pen_name. The best part is that I have no clue who he/she is but it just seems like the right thing to do right now.
Submitted by MudWhistle (user info) at 2008-03-20 10:49:46 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
When I was in the Army I was an MP. While stationed Ft. Dix one of the areas we patrolled was the ranges, around 40k acres of woods and sand. For an 8 hour shift you got a radio, a gun and a 4 wheel drive truck....talk about some fun.
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2008-03-20 10:49:30 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Keep an eye on your mailbox, B.
Submitted by Brdn_Nkd (user info) at 2008-03-20 10:47:50 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
i was on the sico bashing wagon? I know i called you out on your writing a few times but I don't think i particularly attacked you personally.
a winch would have been wonderful. we were dumb high school kids out to have fun. we shouldn't have tried that crossing without a winch or another vehicle to assist.
Submitted by pen_name (user info) at 2008-03-20 10:47:28 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
i hate sico, too. how about everyone spam my shit with -2s. free punch and cookies to the one who gives out the most.
Submitted by sicosemen (user info) at 2008-03-20 10:45:14 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I don't know what you did but people sure seem to have an anti-brdn thing going on as of late. It must've been when you jumped on the sico-bashing bandwagon :)
That's why you have a winch, silly fella.
Submitted by Brdn_Nkd (user info) at 2008-03-20 10:43:12 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by Yozz (user info) at 2008-03-20 10:34:08 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
Jesus H. Christ. I aged about 4 years reading that.
cause it was so bad? the writing was bad? you had an itch in your vajayjay you couldn't concentrate on while reading? not sure i understand your comment sally.
Submitted by Brdn_Nkd (user info) at 2008-03-20 10:41:03 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
while these are not necessarily ridiculously funny they are some of the stupid things that I did as a teen with free reign and a truck. I'm not a huge fan of blazers either, that's what Ryan drove though.
I'm bored and uninspired so thought I'd throw a couple of these out here. Some of these misadventures do involve near death experiences.
Muddy, we had a place like that where we'd sometimes go play when we wanted to skip class. The mud was great and it was always fun to drive around back there until the day that we had to walk back to school because my truck slid into some ruts and high centered. My dad helped me free it and as we walked back to where it was stuck i could see him getting madder and madder because of where I had been driving. i don't really remember being punished for it though. odd that.
hurty, not everything I write has to be sexual in nature though a lot of it has been.
Submitted by pen_name (user info) at 2008-03-20 10:40:14 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
i'll give you a 2 because it might piss off the alters
Submitted by Yozz (user info) at 2008-03-20 10:34:08 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
Jesus H. Christ. I aged about 4 years reading that.
Submitted by MudWhistle (user info) at 2008-03-20 10:30:44 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
i got my father in law's CJ7 stuck in a puddle like that in high school.
same scenario, a place where kids got together to drink and you usually avoid the puddles because they are 4' deep and we just decided to hit 1
and that was all it took
he made me rebuild his starter and carb as punishment
Submitted by SgtHartman (user info) at 2008-03-20 10:28:05 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
a solid meh
Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2008-03-20 10:27:11 EDT (#)
Ranking: -1
I also thought at the end that it'd turn out you were writing like a woman again and that some teenage boy would start 'exploring your remote place'.
It'd be like that Bubba thing.
Submitted by F.J.Bell (user info) at 2008-03-20 10:25:58 EDT (#)
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I thought this was gonna be really funny.
Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2008-03-20 10:25:04 EDT (#)
Ranking: -1
Blazers are gay.