What is the most dangerous thing you'very ever done?

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Because i have a phobia for heights then ziplining has to be the most dangerous thing i've ever done.
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Taking in some alcoholic beverage I've not taken in before
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Now I don't know if this counts because I didn't do it intentionally, but I was once in a serious train crash and emerged unscathed.
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This may have been less dangerous than the alternative, but:

I was driving on the highway in heavy snow and slush, before the snow plows had made it out. There were two tire-tracks through each lane, with slush between them, and the trick is to stay in the tracks. I drifted out, hit the slush in the middle, and started to skid.

I knew that, to control a skid, you turn in the same direction that you're skidding, but I was in the left lane of the highway and skidding to the right, into a lane of traffic. In what was probably the most attentive moment of my life, I actually *looked* before turning, and saw the 18-wheeler in exactly the spot that I was going to skid into.

So I figure, I can have the car under control and drive into the truck, or I can get away from the truck, but I'll lose control of the car and start skidding wildly.

I didn't even try to steer. I spun the wheel to the left as far as it would go, and threw the car into the median. It spun completely around and ended up buried up to the windshield in snow, facing backwards, but safely in the median.

The weird thing is, I felt completely calm the entire time. Just, "oh, hmm...That's a lot of snow."

I feel like I was drinking tea the whole time, but then, 10 minutes later, I noticed I had bruises where my leg must have hit the cup holder. I don't remember that at all.
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I once walked through a train tunnel that cut through a mountain. A friend and I were under the impression that the trains no longer rain down this particular line. We were wrong, as halfway through this dark tunnel, we heard a train enter it. In great fear, we ran faster than we ever have in our lives, the train right behind us. We barely made it out of the tunnel alive, but we made it with seconds to spare!
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Actually I can't remember whether I have done something which can be called as dangerous, in my whole life! :D
But I had been punished for several times for the things my friends had done. :(
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The most dangerous thing I've ever done (unintentional), was probably facing a reef shark face to face whilst snorkling in the Maldives, although the shark was probably totally harmless.
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I moved a parked car and couldn't stop it, I was helplessly watching as the car rolled down the street.
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I unknowingly drove a car with faulty brakes. I really can't say much I am just alive.
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I jumped from a story building.
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Zip lining I was very very scared as I am scared of hights.
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I haven’t actually don’t anything dangerous in my life maybe I need to try more risky activities.
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Moving to another city to live and work there, it was a sudden, not prepared for decision and it led to many risks. but I never regretted it.
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The most dangerous I ever did was when I was on a Chase with the cops. I was just thinking of what chaos will befall me if I was caught.
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Crossing the road without glasses.
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