Tight spaces! Back in the 80's my sister had a waterbed with the headboard that had the deep shelves so under the shelves there was a small dead space about 12" x 12" that went all the way across the bed. occasionally I would have to go under there to fetch out a cat. They really loved to hide in it. Evidently one day, I had crossed that threshold between being able to fit and not. So I was temporarily stuck and started to panic. I finally calmed myself down and was able to wiggle my way out. After that I just stayed out and never went back in. Years later, in my 20s I went to Mammoth caves in KY. We all wanted to do a cave tour and the group decided on the wild cave tour. I should have taken it a little more serious, but they had to measure your chest size to make sure you could even take the tour. I was fairly barrel chested and barely passed the measurement. Let me tell you there were some really tight spaces. There were a couple of holes in particular that were very harrowing. One was a hole that in order for me to fit through required me to unzip my sweatshirt (for the extra room, and I had to push myself while fully exhaling. I swear I popped every single vertebrae squeezing through that hole. Another section was a wide cavern that was only about 12-18 inches in height. It required you to crawl with just your toes and hands and the section started a bit taller and got tighter and tighter about 10 feet inn. the space got so tight you could not lift your head or even turn it. I made it through the tour and actually had a great time. Years later as an older adult, if I see one of those spelunking videos, I can feel a huge anxiety well up. A couple of years ago we took the kids to Maquoketa caves in eastern Iowa. I refused to entertain going in any of the smaller caverns. I just couldn't do it. The shots below are not me, but are photos from the wild cave tour.
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