When in doubt, bail out. This is a tough one. You’ve paid for airfare. You’ve waited all year for this trip. You’ve bought all your equipment. It’s hard to admit that things aren’t going to go your way. At times like that, it’s good to ask yourself if it’s worth dying for. Of course, some people need to get close to death, to take the really big risk. (Or as a friend of mine who is a Chicago cop once told me, “Some people just want to die in a hail of police gunfire.”)
