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Harriest predicament you've ever found yourself in while in the woods?
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<blockquote data-quote="david k." data-source="post: 5279099" data-attributes="member: 10555"><p>On a backpack fly-fishing trip in the Smokey's with my then about 12-13 year old son about 10-12 years ago....we had set up a camp about 5-6 miles from the car in one of the primitive camping spots which happened to be in a fairly steep mountain draw on the west side of the park. We had a small fire going just talking and started seeing extremely faint flashes of light around 8-9pm but we weren't sure what we were seeing until about 30 minutes later we'd started hearing very faint thunder several seconds after the flashes of light. </p><p></p><p>Based on how far we were from the car, it was too late to do anything except ride it out. </p><p></p><p>When it first started raining we got into the little 2 man tent and the storm raced right up the mountain. For about 30 minutes we were in 40-50mph winds, tree's and limbs falling all around us, torrential rain and lightning every few seconds that was so close it was the loudest thunder I've ever heard. </p><p></p><p>At one point I just said to my son, "I love you and if I happen not to make it out of this alive, tell your mom that I love her too." </p><p></p><p>We were lucky, a limb fell on one of the guy lines of our tent, about 4-5' from us but thankfully just broke one of the tent poles. I remember that a couple of folks who were similarly camped, died in the Smokey's that night.</p><p></p><p>I've never been more terrified or felt more helpless, there was nothing I could do to protect me or my son.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="david k., post: 5279099, member: 10555"] On a backpack fly-fishing trip in the Smokey's with my then about 12-13 year old son about 10-12 years ago....we had set up a camp about 5-6 miles from the car in one of the primitive camping spots which happened to be in a fairly steep mountain draw on the west side of the park. We had a small fire going just talking and started seeing extremely faint flashes of light around 8-9pm but we weren't sure what we were seeing until about 30 minutes later we'd started hearing very faint thunder several seconds after the flashes of light. Based on how far we were from the car, it was too late to do anything except ride it out. When it first started raining we got into the little 2 man tent and the storm raced right up the mountain. For about 30 minutes we were in 40-50mph winds, tree's and limbs falling all around us, torrential rain and lightning every few seconds that was so close it was the loudest thunder I've ever heard. At one point I just said to my son, "I love you and if I happen not to make it out of this alive, tell your mom that I love her too." We were lucky, a limb fell on one of the guy lines of our tent, about 4-5' from us but thankfully just broke one of the tent poles. I remember that a couple of folks who were similarly camped, died in the Smokey's that night. I've never been more terrified or felt more helpless, there was nothing I could do to protect me or my son. [/QUOTE]
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