[Tishabet]

Originally Posted by unclebilly

2 things scare me:

1. Terminal illness affecting one of my children.

2. Something happening to me that prevents me from providing for my family.

Yep. At the end of the day the stuff that actually scares me is the stuff that would hurt those I love. Some of you know im a former professional mountain guide, I stopped mountaineering for almost a decade but picked it up again over the last year. In June I helped evacuate a fellow climber in my party who took a fall in a bad spot resulting in broken ribs and the need for many stitches, it could have easily been fatal if she had hit the rocks differently or if she had lost her ice axe. The entire time we were getting her out of there I was stuck on the thought that this could have been me, that the exact same scenario could have led to my 4 year old having to learn that dad was paralyzed or had died. Back when I was guiding I didnt have a wife or family and this stuff didn't cause the same reactionat all.