Comments on: I Shouldn’t Be Alive

By: swells

swells — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:14:37 +0000

Wow! I never even put myself in situations (well, maybe except for flying?) that could come close to these kinds of adventures! I’m totally never getting picked for this show.

On the other hand, I guess I *should* be alive, if only by default!

By: Marleyfan

Marleyfan — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:45:38 +0000

SSW is here with me this week, and told me about your most recent “life events” which really sound interesting, exciting, and at the same time saddening.

By: Rogan Ferguson

Rogan Ferguson — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 06:42:24 +0000

Susan and I have had a couple of close calls. In the worst we got caught in a flash flood in The Narrows down in southern Utah. The flood water came up so quick it knocked Susan off her feet and pulled her under a log. She got trapped under the rush of water when her clothing got caught on a branch, and I was lucky to be strong enough to pull her out. We hiked the rest of that day but got caught without food or shelter in the middle of the high water when it got dark. We spent the night on a big rock in the river, shivering and all but certain that we were going to be knocking at death’s door by morning. It was seriously rough.

By: Tim

Tim — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:06:00 +0000

I’m a little traumatized just reading about the guy who “went out for a cigarette” off the dinghy. Yikes.

I think there also should be a show for everyday trials and tribulations, such as “I survived 3 hours of traffic on the 405,” or “My subway car got stuck in the tunnel for an hour, and the guy next to me smelled really, really bad. I mean *bad*!” There could be a job-related spinoff: “My crazy boss is really crazy!” or “I had to fill in for a colleague at the last minute and make a big client presentation that I didn’t know anything about, and the president of the company asked me a confusing, difficult question.”

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:08:13 +0000

ZOMG I would love this show. It’s the kind of thing that makes me glad I don’t have cable, because I’d spend whole days and nights watching this show.

One thing I loved about hiking in Acadia National Park with Stella was that, even though the mountains were rugged and steep, you were never more than a few miles from lobster rolls and stores that sold ceramic figurines to the moderately well-to-do. The fantasy of wilderness was fine as long as the reality was comfortable.