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Am I the Jerk?

I went Hiking with a Stranger from the Internet... and it went terribly wrong - TIFU Reddit

Am I the Jerk?

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🗓️ 7 March 2022

⏱️ 17 minutes

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0:00.0

I climbed a mountain with a friend I made on the internet, and things went terribly wrong.

0:05.1

So at the time I had been friends with this person for about four years on the internet.

0:09.2

He was coming down from a different province, and we made plans to hang out while he was

0:13.1

in town.

0:14.1

I live in a fairly small town that doesn't have a lot to do most of the time, and the middle

0:18.0

of summer was no exception, so I decided to take him to the mountain I climbed because

0:22.3

the view was beautiful, and I just enjoy climbing personally.

0:25.4

Getting to the mountain was good, we hiked through the woods for a bit before climbing up.

0:29.3

We took the safer path to climb, but it's still really steep.

0:32.4

And there's a part where you have to use a rope just to get up the mountain.

0:35.3

Once you're on top of the mountain though, it's all easy trails, so we eventually make

0:38.9

it up to the top.

0:39.9

And we're up there for a while, taking in the view, and talking about what to do afterwards.

0:44.2

We decided to hit up Tim Hortons for coffee, and go to the lake after we climbed down.

0:48.5

Here's where the problems start.

0:49.6

We get to the part of the mountain where we climbed down, and I had just taken my first

0:53.3

few steps to grab a tree for a handhold, and my foot slips.

0:56.7

I go bouncing, tumbling, and rolling, probably quite the sight for my friend down this mountain.

1:02.3

I went a good 80 feet rolling and bouncing along the rocks to the base of the mountain.

1:07.3

I laid still for a moment, making sure I was still alive before standing up.

1:11.3

My friends yelling to see if I'm okay, as I looked myself over and asked him to bring

1:15.6

me my shoe that came off when I fell.

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