For one photo, I nearly died...
I didn't plan it that way...
I wanted a photo of a very deep crevace in a particular cliff face near St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada. My girlfriend and I went to this location. We climbed to the top of the cliff, and I lay on the ground on my stomach, and crawled halfway over the edge of the cliff so I was looking essentially straight down in to the crevace. It was approximately a 400' drop to the North Atlantic ocean at the bottom. This was before digital cameras, so I don't have the photos immediately handy to share... sorry...
My wife noticed a VERY large quantity of insects beginning to crawl over me. She HATES insects, and started to become very animated at the site fo them crawling on me. They were mostly ants, and bugs don't don't really bother me too much, but given her agitated state, I thought there may be more going on than was safe.
I immediately shrank back from the edge of the cliff. But in the panic, I momentarily forgot the precarious circumstances of my position. If I had not taken care to ensure my center of gravity was well on the solid ground side of the cliff face before I lept up to see what she losing her mind about, I might not be here to write this.
And yes, I did marry her - I know, I'm a glutton for punishment...
But I love her dearly!
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