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I was probably 8 or so and the older kids in my neighborhood had rigged a really cool "swing". They secured a rubber garden hose from a tree branch and you could hold onto the hose and swing out over a 30 foot deep or so ravine.
My cousin and I decided we wanted to try it out so we went down when no one else was there and I grabbed onto the hose, pushed off and went swinging out into the wild blue yonder.
Unfortunately, my 8 year old arms were not strong enough to hold me and I couldn't grip the hose between my feet so when I started to slip down I held on tighter until I was finally able to get back to land and jump off.
I looked at my hands and they were a bloody mess. The friction of the rubber hose on them as they slid down it ripped many layers of skin off of my fingers and palms. Wow, that hurt! Understatement, there.
Better bled than dead, though, I guess
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