Me too. It was definitely a lesson for me in, "if you can't do something right don't do it at all." I wasn't into it enough to invest in the necessary supplies and equipment, so I should have sat it out. I'd gone backpacking before without incident, but doing it in the summer (where the worst you have to worry about is torrential downpour) is a totally different ballgame than doing it in the winter. I haven't entirely sworn off the outdoors, but I stick to day hikes now; 10 or so miles max.
Aww HELL, anyone can post "Cute" pictures of themselves from the 70's.....
Look at me in front....awwww. Me and "Harvey"
...but it takes balls to post one's like this:
I dare you guys to come up with embarrassing pics from your childhood or teens or current....why? Why not, show yourselves in all lights not just favorable ones, it gives you that human quality.
Lots of fun pics in here, especially the Lapels of Death...LOL.
The ones with the kids and family are nice--I'd seen one of Holadem's girl before, she's very cute. Great shot of you with your gals, Timobi! Does the older one look more like Mom? The younger one seems to look a little more like you than her sister does in that picture.
Here's me and my dad from a family trip to Israel in December '05. This is just outside the art museum in Tel Aviv:
I'll submit the following into the "Creepy Drivers License Photo" catagory. This one somehow captured me looking like the guy they show on the news who cruises schoolyards in a rusty red van...
Full beard before I shaved off in Feb, as it was gettng a little crazy:
WOLVERINE!!!
The gayest photo you'll see of a straight guy...
Drunk night out with a friend, hence the piss poor framing, but it shows my current cleaned up look, and odd "no chin blend into neck" look, that makes me have a Kermit The Frog vibe. or penis neck, as a friend point out...