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>15 years old 3 days into backpacking trip in NM mountains
>Storm comes through when I’m on trail
>Lightning gradually getting closer
>Eventually lightning is right on top of me
>Spend the next 2 hours crouching in downpour in lightning position with my shoes and socks stored under pack cover so they didnt get wet
>Miserably wet
It’s not terribly exciting but trees explode when hit by lightning, sending wooden shrapnel in all directions, and I was within strike range for a while.