I'm planning a week long trip to the Tongariro National Park during the Easter holiday. One of the side trips will take me up to the crater of Mount Ngauruhoe, an active volcano. The New Zealand Department of Conservation website warns trampers to watch out for a build up of toxic gases in the crater.
Isn't that awesome? I'm sure it's safe, otherwise they would probably block off the trail. It's still a risk though- the coolest risk ever.
A cooler risk that I have heard about is the risk of being attacked by a bear while stuck in a bear cage. Someone told me a story about some guy that worked with bears somewhere in Canada who got stuck in a bear cage with a tranquilized bear that was supposed to be tagged and released. I guess the guy was alone and the only way he managed to survive was by cutting the bear's jugular with a pair of nail clippers.
Impressive, but let's see him do that while inhaling toxic gases from an active volcano.
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Remember that email you sent me in Zambia last summer about how you "saved dozens of children from an overturned bus?"
Reading this post reminded me of that because I am gullible. I am very, very gullible. And I believed the nailclipper thing without a second thought.
Until I gave it a second thought.
Ah, but the bear story is true. You can google it for verification.
The volcano thing is also true.
I didn't save dozens of children from an overturned bus, but I would if I came an overturned bus filled with kids.
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