Incredible feat!

Give a time you went above and beyond! One time when i was 13 or 14 there was a busted pipe in my house. I was the first one to find it and the only one home. On quick thinking I shut the main water supply off to the house. I also had to deal with a black widow hanging around inside the water main compartment. I feel it was a clutch move for a 13 or 14 year old.

On a school trip to Japan we all climbed Oyama just outside tokyo, me being the only smoker, the oldest student ( 27 at the time ), and the only one not attending a martial arts study at the school, I managed to get to the top in 52 minutes, being the first to reach "sky island" and proving that willpower indeed DOES overcome intense training. In true Anime fashion I then managed to loose the trail on my way down, circle the mountain an end up walking 7 hours though bear country and the outer prefectures of tokyo at night to get back to the hotel...

Hmmm, that would depend where you are going, but here are some solid ones that you can never go wrong with anywhere in the world: 1. DONT drink the water from the tap. 2. Act like your parents are watching, otherwise your behavior could offend some local customs or beliefs, they might spill your beer later on, or worse. 3. Read up on national and local history of the past 100 years or so for the location you visit, this can not only turn you on to what places are worth a visit it will also help you to avoid possible conflicts and give you more room to be yourself (If you are jewish, you might like to know that there is an annual nazi march in the neighboring town for instance). From personal experience I would also recomend the following: Get in contact with a local before going, and schedule a week without hotel living with said local or a relative/friend of his/hers, this is the best way to experience another country without the "tourist goggles". I.E. Visit a Cambodian village, live with someone there and pay them a handful of dollars ( easily several days pay ) experience the local cousine, customs, culture and countryside firsthand. Personally I take only very few novelty photos when travelling, I find that I enjoy the sights and experience thousandfold when I know its a oneshot thing and not something i can pull out of a folder and see whenever I want...