I flipped the hell out on the first obstacle. Seriously. A measly balance beam took me minutes to cross. I was so embarrassed (and terrified) that I burst into tears afterward getting down. I really don't like having my feet off the ground. Once my pride was thoroughly out of the ...

It took about 4 hours to get the taper--a polite word for a spear--fully into my bottom ear piercing, and while I didn't cry, I certainly whimpered and winced at all the ensuing throbbing. I don't understand how 0.337 mm difference can hurt so much. Initially, it was no worse ...

After a long steep downhill, one of my back brake pads started holding to the side of my tire, making a whomp-whomp noise and slowing me down. So we stopped, and I broke out the tools and tried from my 5-years-ago memory and the shitty online manual on my phone ...