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What is the most ridiculous, life changing, or astonishing experience you have gone through?

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FerrisBueller
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Title says it guys, let your best stories of your existence loose in this thread, and compete for being the most insane experience.


I'd go with my revelations through meditation during 3 weeks backpacking in tobber's roost canyons and blue john canyon. I could go more in depth if you guys really want


Go!
Dec 27 2012 1:00AM
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_Garagely_
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When I stopped giving a fuck about popularity and began to hang out with chill kids. Also when I went through miles of unnessecary steep and hellish bushwhacking to reach the top of sunset peak in the snowcrest range south west Montana. I could see the Tetons and all the way across yellowstone to the Wyoming Absarokas. Everything from up there was so fucking beautiful that it really made me grateful for what I had and made me think about the big picture. I haven't been the same since.
Dec 27 2012 6:27PM
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Alex.W
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Both times I have done salvia. Amazing visuals and bad trips both times, in one of them I freaked out and I learnt a lot about myself as a result.

I then had a precognitive dream but didn't realize it at the time. It was myself on salvia, once again freaking out exclaiming how immature it was doing it. I woke up from it but never could tell where the setting was.

2 weeks later, I did salvia for my second time, realized that I was exactly where my dream was, astonished about the power of salvia, but scared because I didn't want the same outcome as my dream, so I just lied down and had the craziest visuals from any drug I have tried.

Both times I learnt about myself and both times were beautiful thinking back on them.


Dec 27 2012 6:40PM
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DR.SHRED
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going to alaska for almost 6 month on my own and being 16. it gave me a life plan
Dec 27 2012 8:57PM
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yourthemannowdog
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This. I am a different person now after dealing with anorexia. I feel like I am a better person now than I was before. I have confronted a lot of my issues and grew tremendously from that experience.
Dec 27 2012 11:11PM
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accualyisdolan
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Lame. I've climbed a radio tower and swam out into the ocean to get away from police
Dec 27 2012 11:23PM
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alpacarider
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I have had a couple...
One was when I was 14 backpacking on a 10 day trek through Philmont Scount Ranch in Cimarron, New Mexico. I had the weirdest feeling when we were leaving that place. It was like the entire trip was so rigorous that I didn't realize how amazing it was until we were driving away. I thought I was so ready to go home after the trek but when we were leaving I just wanted to go back.

Another was one night I was just outside smoking some bud when I had a lot on my mind... (it was one of those situations where I lied about something to avoid a pretty decent amount of trouble and my story was so good that there was no suspicion raised) but for whatever reason I had a sort of revelation and just felt that the best thing to do was to come clean and accept punishment for my wrongdoing and the next day I did... ever since then I have just tried to accept whats coming to me when i feel i have truly done something wrong
Dec 27 2012 11:35PM
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FerrisBueller
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Awesome dude, the thing you talked about first there happens to me everytime im in nature for extended periods. Its super wierd and annoying comming back to the real world and getting used to stupid shit we have to do and think is normal, when the reality of the perfection that is nature is realized, theres almost no turning back, wether its backpacking or skiing or anything.


And yeah man, i try my best everyday to be truthful and kind because i realized, 1. it makes me feel better, 2. it helps other people, 3. it isnt all that hard to do
Dec 28 2012 12:07AM
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ihitchadsgap
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out of all of these so far this is the most powerfull.
Dec 28 2012 12:09AM
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FerrisBueller
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Sweet experiences man great to read fuck!


Hang in there dude! Im sure everything will end up ok, and you will have learned so much from watever troubles you're currently dealing with and remember:

remember:

"When you feel happy, really happy, it somehow seems that you’ve always been happy and that you’ll always be happy. The same is often true when you feel sad, or lonely, or depressed, or broke, or sick, or scared. Something, perhaps, to remember."
Dec 28 2012 12:09AM
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Lucas
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Everytime I come to Mazama (small town in eastern Washington) I always do a bunch of hiking, mountain biking, and cross-country skiing depending on the weather and I always get super into the nature of the different zones and just exploring in general. Never gets old.
Dec 28 2012 12:35AM
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Lavieille
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I went on a 23 day white-water canoe trip down the Bloodvein River in Manitoba, Canada. It completely changed me. Being able to experience the Canadian wildlife for almost a month is something I'll never forget. I found myself, and realized that there's nothing more powerful and stunning than nature. From that point forward, I've been set on studying environmental science for my college major. I'm also a guide now at the camp, and am taking kids on canoe trips throughout Algonquin Park (a provincial park in Ontario). I get to spend my summers teaching kids how to canoe trip. I must say, I accredit who I am today because of that.
Dec 28 2012 1:45AM
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Ribss.
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Tunnel Creek was all bad.
Dec 28 2012 1:56AM
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whoa-dere
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living in a rural village for a week, with no modern infrastructure
Dec 28 2012 2:09AM
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Afterbang.no
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Magic Mushrooms in Bali, i'm sure.. Never taken them outside off Bali, ut made some sick connections with my friends, and I'm now looking more colorful on life!
Dec 28 2012 10:44AM
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FerrisBueller
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Hell yeah bro!
Jan 2 2013 12:51PM
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GnarNinja
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Pain killers fuck you up. Don't do them. Thats what.
Jan 2 2013 1:00PM
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jimmyJAMBO
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I did boomers my first time in the bighorn mountains in Wyoming, watched the sunset out over the badlands and then laid on my back and just looked at the vastness of space and that was a life changer for me. I see beauty in every sunset and it made me realize money is not everything but you still need to pull your weight. Hard labor makes a person cherish relaxation and the time they have off more.
Jan 2 2013 1:49PM
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white+wolf
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When I was younger I was given a very valuable and powerful item and told to keep it very safe. Unfortunatley I came to learn that the item was so powerful that in the wrong hands, it could be used to enslave the world of men. Therefore I had no choice but to leave my small and peaceful village to travel to a distant land where the sacred object could be destroyed. Various friends accompanied me on my journey, some of which did not make it. I was successful and to this day, my journey remains the most astonishing experience of my life.
Jan 2 2013 1:51PM
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derpina
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Getting a bacterial meningitis/ mononucleosis hybrid virus, surviving, and now going to spend the rest of my life with a destroyed central nervous system and other health complications. Three tumors on my lower spine in the last 4 years.


I've never really shared the story of getting bacterial meningitis and I think it's pretty raw, so...


Any normal day of a 16-year-old in school. I sat down at lunch and then all of a sudden got an insane pain that shot up my sternum and into my neck. It kind of felt like being electrocuted and actually made my neck kink backwards. I instantly knew something was REALLY wrong. I left everything at the table and went to the nurse's office. Within 5 minutes I felt like a semi was crushing my chest and couldn't even walk or stand. My mom took me to urgent care and they just said I was getting mono or strep, so they sent me home. About 2am I started having a semi-conscious seizure and was luckily able to scream out to wake my parents or I'd probably be dead. I came to enough to get into the car, but by the time my parents got me to the ER (about a 10 minute drive) I was unconscious.

The rest is a blur... In and out of a coma wishing I would die. The absolute worst pain you can imagine. Sometimes I could be conscious enough to feel the pain but not conscious enough to tell anyone, it was hell. The first time I got up to go to the bathroom my piss was the color of black coffee and I didn't even recognize myself.

Spent the next 9 months in the hospital because I never really got "better" and then they diagnosed me with my current condition. It's a real life-changer. I'm thriving today though. Really teaches you to appreciate life, embrace humility, be humble, and never take a day for granted. I didn't die or lose any limbs or vital organs like most do, and I am so grateful for that.

Jan 2 2013 2:39PM
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derpina
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I did lose function in my left arm below my elbow but I just had my 2nd surgery to fix nerves about 2 months ago and it's insane the improvement.
Jan 2 2013 2:42PM
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vertebruh
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i fucked a milf on new years........still not sure how i feel about it
Jan 2 2013 2:53PM
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FatWhore
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going to the middle of Canada for a week
Jan 2 2013 3:06PM
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killahbee
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Wut up, long time lurker here. Just wanted to share an experience.

Last year I went to New Zealand for 6 months and had a blast. One of the many incredible hikes that I did was called the Tongariro Alpine Crossing (where mt. doom is for all you LOTR fans).

Well, my buddy Matt drove us to the Tongariro National Park (we're all american students). Now unlike America, they drive on the left side, however Matt was confident that he could drive us. If you know anything about New Zealand, driving can get crazy because the beautiful scenery is quite distracting, but most of all, the roads can become windy and dangerous. Although there were a few very minor scares, we managed to make it there and back safely.

Now fast forward a bit, my friends and I hear on the New Zealand news about a tragic accident involving American students from Boston University who were also studying in New Zealand. The driver was trying to correct his course after being in the wrong lane and ended up crashing their minivan. 3 students died and 5 were injured. These students were all on their way to do the Tongariro Alpine Crossing. It definitely hit us hard. The country is pretty small, so while traveling you meet many students from the United States, so we all had this sort of bond and connection. It really freaks me out when I think back to the time that Matt had driven us to the national park, like shit...that could have been us. This incident occurred around final exams in New Zealand, so that meant that these kids' parents were expecting them home relatively soon...
Jan 4 2013 1:41AM
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k-rob
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shrooms
Jan 4 2013 7:28AM
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MilfHunter777
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Probably the time I tripped on Salvia. It was my first time and I wasn't expecting much, we got some 120x and I wasn't really sure anything was even gonna happen. The second the bowl was cashed I felt something in my chest, like everything in the world had stopped except for my heart. I had this overwhelming feeling of guilt, a few days earlier I had quit my job and had just been bumming around (summer vacation). I kept seeing myself but I was much older and poor in the hospital and I just kept hearing this cough. After that I jsut kinda woke up, everyone told me I was just laughing for about 5 minutes. But since that trip i've become more active in my education and i've been trying to quit smoking cigs. It was an eye opening experience
Jan 4 2013 9:26AM
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psizzle
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damn homie, i too had a brain tumor a few years back and felt the exact same way while enduring recovery. spring had just begun and everything was decked out in bright green and i never felt so stoked on a season ive seen begin every year before that, def changed my perspective on a lot of things...i also love walking a round of gold then taking a cart haha weird
Jan 4 2013 12:12PM
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J-T
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Good for you. Whenever I golf now there are always 20 somethings renting carts, it's sickening.
Jan 29 2013 9:14PM
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t*money
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ive been wanting to check out blue john for years. stoked that it had that big of an impact on you man
Jan 29 2013 9:18PM
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ignantchief
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first time eheath commented on one of my threads
Jan 29 2013 9:26PM
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