I recall reading a book with photos and poetry etc. of two young guys that hiked, etc. One of the lines I read to my folks to help convince them to let me do that crazy stuff was something like “But alone out in the Wilderness. That made all the difference in the world.”
The only times I got into trouble was when I was with my buddies and stuff (”Hey - watch this!”)
(”Hey - watch this!”)
Yeah something real painful was about 1/2 second away LOL!