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Hangin' by my fingertips from a railbridge overpass over the southbound lanes of Toronto's Don Valley Parkway back in the early 80s. After a weekend of drinkin', a bunch of us walked from my buddy's house to the bridge to fire off a few bottle rockets into the valley.
I was 10-feet tall and bulletproof with enough jack daniels and beer in me to sink a battleship - so I was in full Evil Knievel mode by that point. The crazy idea was to hang off the top edge of the bridge and spraypaint a 'Don't Drink & Drive' symbol on the bridge. But after I'd climbed over the edge, both remaining braincells kicked in and I quickly discovered I couldn't hang on while workin' the spraycan. Forty feet directly below me, traffic was flyin' down the 4-lane highway at 60mph.
My buddys decided it wasn't such a brilliant idea after all and helped haul me back up.
Closest I came to a good Darwin moment.
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