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I have a few, but I'll always remember the first time I hiked through the redwoods.
>Travel from Bongistan to visit gf in the US
>A week before I'm due to arrive she gets deported after being caught smoking weed
>Asks me to come stay with her instead
>Fuck that
>Decide that I don't want to spend loads of money staying in some city
>Resolve to hike through California, getting a few busses between national parks
>Start in the north
>Panicking about bears
>Locals tell me not to worry about the bears, it's the cougars that are real killers
>Anyway, set off with my food and my hammock and my new map
>Hiking for a couple of days and the whole way is misty and eerie
>Keep getting startled by twigs breaking etc
>Then, as I'm climbing over a tree that'd fallen across the path I hear a noise
>Look down and see a black bear detach itself from the shade on the underside of the log, less than a foot below me
>Let out a slightly weird noise, not even a scream, the bear looks up and bolts away
>Spend the rest of the week hiking with incredibly high strung senses, ears straining for every sound
>Start to notice all the smells of the forest
>End up enjoying the experience immensely, felt like I was in a completely different world
Being scared can be fun
