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My bat story.

 

In the summer of 1972 a friend from high school and I were in Lauterbrunnen as part of a backpacking trip around Western Europe. We met up at a bar with a bunch of other backpackers-mainly from the US, but some from Australia. To get to the bar from where most of us were staying you had to walk past a cemetery. My friend and I hatched a plan to leave the bar before everyone else, hide in the cemetery, and scare the bejeezus out of everyone as they walked back to the hotel. And it worked. But…when we went to go a low-flying bat started circling us. I was/am scared to death of bats. So I was stuck in the cemetery until dawn, when it left. Of course I now realize it was Vlad and I only had to worry about my wallet and not my head.

Congratulations Mach

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Coach Jay made me do it . . .

 
By: Mach : May 31st, 2026-15:16
10 mile through Queens🏃- no naked women! ...  

Believe it or not, I was chased by . . .

 
By: Dr No : June 1st, 2026-19:28
. . . a small bat once. Ahwaz, Iran, ca '64. I was outdoors at sunset when bats suddenly appeared. One came at me, which had young No fleeing in terror. And don't ask about the time I was chased home by a mosquito. 🦇🦟 ...  

My bat story.

 
By: TheMadDruid : June 5th, 2026-13:26
In the summer of 1972 a friend from high school and I were in Lauterbrunnen as part of a backpacking trip around Western Europe. We met up at a bar with a bunch of other backpackers-mainly from the US, but some from Australia. To get to the bar from where... 

A couple of fine characters, we are! . . .

 
By: Dr No : June 5th, 2026-20:28
. . . and no, neither of us placed the cigarette in Lemmy's mouth - it was already there. Trust me. 🙂 ...  

Oui.

 
By: TheMadDruid : June 6th, 2026-10:57
Or Ja, actually. It was the German half of Switzerland.

Based on the first pic

 
By: Arronax : May 31st, 2026-20:00
I was about to say I'd be happy with that screenshot in km, let alone in miles Just out of curiosity, what kind of avg/peak heart rate do you hit on such runs?

Thanks

 
By: Arronax : June 1st, 2026-01:11
It can be hard to find data on HR. I am a casual runner in my early 50s now, used to do a lot of short distance sprint in high-school and never really enjoyed longer distance until I got injured a long time ago. I generally avg around 150 on a 10k km at a...