Things you should try once in your life

By Michelle Malkin  •  June 8, 2009 11:24 PM

Things you should try once in your life: Flying on a trapeze!

Checked it off the list this weekend.

Yep, that’s really me, conquering an abject fear of heights with help from my very dear, adventure-loving friends. Wheeeeee. What’s the wildest thing you’ve done?

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  1. #101
    On June 9th, 2009 at 11:26 am, Dexter Alarius said:

    I can neither confirm nor deny…

  2. #102
    On June 9th, 2009 at 11:34 am, tiredofit08 said:

    flown in an AF fighter jet upsidedown and a bomb run…I almost lost my stomach but it was great….and I hate flying…

  3. #103
    On June 9th, 2009 at 11:40 am, spaceycakes said:

    Playing in a filthy, cottonmouth-infested junkyard, in mid-Missouri (in the 1960s). Because Mom said I couldn’t.

  4. #104
    On June 9th, 2009 at 12:12 pm, Southpaw said:

    In college I….can’t remember.

  5. #105
    On June 9th, 2009 at 12:22 pm, Dexter Alarius said:

    Ate a hot pepper on a dare.

    1st bite: nothing

    2nd bite: Okay, feeling something, but no problem.

    3rd bite: My face exploded.

  6. #106
    On June 9th, 2009 at 12:28 pm, ARJCPA said:

    I went skydiving last Independence Day. I told myself my system needed a jolt, and I got one all right.

    As I dropped from 13,500 feet, I thought I was going to die. My hands were still shaking hours afterwards. Once was enough, TYVM.

  7. #107
    On June 9th, 2009 at 12:29 pm, Ilovemycountry said:

    Getting an education is something you all should try.

  8. #108
    On June 9th, 2009 at 12:36 pm, DBNinKY said:

    Getting an education is something you all should try.

    Well, looks like rage with a keyboard is at it again. I mean really, what do you get out of coming here with this constant negativity? You never contribute to the topics of discussion by offering an opposing viewpoint that presents your side’s position in a positive light, all you do is name call and offend. It makes you look small and exposes the Left as nothing more than a sad group of malcontents who are contemptuous of anyone who opposes them.

  9. #109
    On June 9th, 2009 at 12:37 pm, Regulus said:

    Any video of this, Michelle?

    Wheeeeee. What’s the wildest thing you’ve done?

    Hmm. Surviving the Kobe/Osaka earthquake in 1994 would probably top the list; although it wasn’t a voluntary activity, being trapped in a room and thinking you’re a dead man qualifies as “wild” I suppose.

    Otherwise, I’d have to say skydiving at night. There’s a brief and exhilerating sensation of complete disorientation until you stabilize, because the lights on the ground effectively form a 360-degree star field with the sky until you regain your sense of “up.”

  10. #110
    On June 9th, 2009 at 12:38 pm, moc23 said:

    I’m an ex paratrooper, so I guess that’s my big dangerous thing.

    But what happens if Michele gets hurt ? Does this site have key woman insurance?

  11. #111
    On June 9th, 2009 at 12:38 pm, Old Tanker said:

    I am curious though, what are kids today going to talk about twenty years from now? When they are so coddled and overprotected, what fun is there? “Oh man, I was sitting on the couch with the play station and this wicked demon came after me…”

    Have you seen what some of these kids are doing on skateboards, snowboards, rollerblades, and bicycles lately? Check out the X Games sometime, now that’s crazy!!!!

  12. #112
    On June 9th, 2009 at 12:38 pm, Southpaw said:

    Climbing Half Dome at Yosemite is one I recommend. Not too dangerous but nerve-wracking if you aren’t an experienced climber. Go during off-peak time to avoid crowds and do not stay on top if you see thunder clouds forming.

    The Hawaii volcano helicopter tour is a good one, although I had serial dreams about being surrounded by lava for quite some time.

  13. #113
    On June 9th, 2009 at 12:40 pm, spaceycakes said:

    DBNinKY, our little Cuban friend lives vicariously through our interesting & thought-provoking posts.

    Apologies to all of the other posters here who are positive I’ve never contributed anything ‘interesting’ nor ‘thought-provoking’.

  14. #114
    On June 9th, 2009 at 12:40 pm, b-cat said:

    On June 9th, 2009 at 12:38 pm, moc23 said:

    Me too.

  15. #115
    On June 9th, 2009 at 12:43 pm, Old Tanker said:

    I once flew a 70 ton M1 Abrams to an altitude of about 4 feet!

  16. #116
    On June 9th, 2009 at 12:43 pm, RogerCfromSD said:

    ILoatheMySelf, that’s about as dumb@ss a comment as you have ever plagued this forum with.

    Try practicing what you preach.

  17. #117
    On June 9th, 2009 at 1:10 pm, nlebou said:

    Driving my brother’s ’76 Corvette Stingray 120mph on a gravel road in south Louisiana.

  18. #118
    On June 9th, 2009 at 1:27 pm, tre said:

    (Putting wad of chewing tobacco in lip and popping a can of cheap beer)

    Git mahself an edumacashun? (Spit, slurp, burrrrrrp) Why duz ah need that fer? (spit, slurp) Ah dun gradjeeated fum duh 5th grade? (spit, slurp, burrrrrrp, crush can on head) Well, ah needs tuh get back tuh werk diggin’ ditches. (waddling back to shovel)

  19. #119
    On June 9th, 2009 at 1:45 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    Getting an education is something you all should try.

    Too easy – no thrill. The only excitement was making fun of the teacher and people like you.

  20. #120
    On June 9th, 2009 at 1:45 pm, John Deaux said:

    Read posts on this site and then compare and contrast to those on Kos, etc.

  21. #121
    On June 9th, 2009 at 1:46 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    Driving my brother’s ‘76 Corvette Stingray 120mph on a gravel road in south Louisiana.

    That’s really dangerous. Not the driving – being anywhere off pavement in Louisiana…

  22. #122
    On June 9th, 2009 at 1:48 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    But what happens if Michele gets hurt ? Does this site have key woman insurance?

    lgm will step into the breach.

  23. #123
    On June 9th, 2009 at 1:51 pm, pookysgirl said:

    Doing an 11-mile mountain climb and having a thunderstorm break out in the middle of it. I had to use my body as a shield against hail for my tiny mother while sprinting across a field of bedrock to the shelter my dad had found. That’s about as adrenaline-pumping of an activity as I ever want to try!

  24. #124
    On June 9th, 2009 at 1:55 pm, Dexter Alarius said:

    One 4th of July my dad and I took turns lighting off bottle rockets, then shooting them with a shotgun as they flew… in our backyard in the city! He was somewhat of a character.

  25. #125
    On June 9th, 2009 at 2:11 pm, mom2jack said:

    Probably giving birth in just under 2 hours without the aid of drugs! Other than that I live vicariously through others – like when I sent my mom on a tandem skydive jump on her 50th birthday.

  26. #126
    On June 9th, 2009 at 2:17 pm, steveegg said:

    I’d have to say bungee jumping.

  27. #127
    On June 9th, 2009 at 2:19 pm, conservoman said:

    Once back in college I drove my car without checking before the journey to ensure my rear lights were in working order.

    I tellya… wild times… it was really living on the edge. :)

  28. #128
    On June 9th, 2009 at 3:40 pm, Pasadena Phil said:

    I once ripped off a “Do not remove under penalty of law” tag. I’m still on the lam.

  29. #129
    On June 9th, 2009 at 3:54 pm, bjc said:

    *Took a ’69 Pontiac GTO up to 122 mph for about a 5 mile stretch of highway; No seatbelt, no airbag, no brains; Sweeeeeeet!; Then I got married and had kids; It’s a tossup.

  30. #130
    On June 9th, 2009 at 5:37 pm, Entelechy said:

    On June 9th, 2009 at 12:29 pm, Ilovemycountry said:
    Getting an education is something you all should try.

    You have no right to even contemplate “education” for others. Your side is content keeping everyone sheep-like, so they can vote for yours.

    Idiocy and intelligence are indignant, having seen your comment.

  31. #131
    On June 9th, 2009 at 5:42 pm, jwalker said:

    1976, I turned 18 and my best 5 girlfriends took me to Tijuana for my first drink. They lined up 5 margaritas and they all tasted so yummy. On the 4th drink I bought a yellow hand crocheted yellow bikini for 45 bucks from a traveling bar to bar hand made bikini old lady saleswoman. We spent all our money by 3am and started the trek back across the border. I used that bikini to wipe the puke from my faced and pitched it somewhere. I don’t remember crossing the border. It was me and the toilet for 4 days. Still cannot drink a margarita to this day. Don’t go to Mexico, heads are literally rolling these days.

  32. #132
    On June 9th, 2009 at 5:56 pm, winemkr said:

    Became a Marine, and then a Pararescuman (PJ).

  33. #133
    On June 9th, 2009 at 6:19 pm, Elm Creek Smith said:

    On June 9th, 2009 at 6:55 am, rightside said:
    Wildest thing I have done?

    I stood in harms way for 20 years defending the greatest nation on the planet.

    Ah, that was just my day job. As the junior lieutenant in our battalion, my job was to lead the first leg of the “Combat in Cities” tour we made to Sachsenhausen after an officer’s call one Friday night back in the early ’80′s. At least I wasn’t 1LT J*** K**** who led the battalion commander into a an “Olde English Pub” that turned out to be a gay bar.

    I’m not sure that was the wildest thing I ever did, though. That was probably flying a Cherokee 140 underneath Sailboat Bridge on Grand Lake in Oklahoma at an indicated 128 kts. Luckily, no sailboats were passing under the bridge at the time.

    ECS

  34. #134
    On June 9th, 2009 at 6:24 pm, ThackerAgency said:

    Looks like fun. Action shots are the way to go!

  35. #135
    On June 9th, 2009 at 6:25 pm, Elm Creek Smith said:

    On June 9th, 2009 at 12:29 pm, Ilovemycountry said:
    Getting an education is something you all should try.

    I’m considering going back to school. I still have room on my wall for another degree, or a teacher’s certificate. Then I can be the one influencing your children (assuming of course that you don’t believe procreation to be beneath you). Be afraid. Be very afraid.

    Hope is not a plan; not all change is good. WE are the civilian national security force! Picture me teaching your children history! “Yes, Bobby, I was in Germany when the Wall came down, the proletariat in the East were freed, and the evil Soviet Empire collapsed.” The resistance is here; the resistance is now! RESIST!!!!

    ECS

  36. #136
    On June 9th, 2009 at 7:01 pm, RetFireman said:

    Can we be done with IHMC now PLEASE?!

  37. #137
    On June 9th, 2009 at 7:04 pm, RetFireman said:

    On June 9th, 2009 at 5:56 pm, winemkr said:

    My first partner was a PJ. Hats off to you.

  38. #138
    On June 9th, 2009 at 7:35 pm, FireBlogger said:

    Being dropped onto a mountain top by a Sikorski helicopter to construct a fire line with a full crew. Left for days before being told to hike out.

  39. #139
    On June 9th, 2009 at 8:37 pm, michellemalkinfanclub said:

    We love Michelle! She is a doll!!!

  40. #140
    On June 9th, 2009 at 8:44 pm, sgcwi said:

    Being underneath a 850 foot container ship, on the rocks at 1 in the morning, leaking bunker C crude oil and could not see. This after having 5 Guam brothers whipped on my head and my mask wouldn’t fit right for all the bumps lumps ETC. Watching a complete structure fail and fall around me while I am looking up and something telling me don’t move.After, it looked like pick up sticks where I was and there was only 3 holes in which I was in one. Trust your inner feelings and mine tell me that obama has alot more in store for us.

  41. #141
    On June 9th, 2009 at 10:52 pm, atxcowgirl said:

    Congratulations Michelle. You’re a much braver woman than I am. Nothing could get me to climb the ladder much less grab on and swing.

  42. #142
    On June 10th, 2009 at 3:19 am, RetFireman said:

    FB, are you a wildland guy or was that in earlier days?

  43. #143
    On June 11th, 2009 at 1:24 am, Vntnrse said:

    I helped push perfectly good helos off our flight deck into the ocean to make room for more to come in from Saigon….does that count?

    :)

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