I forgot to tell one quick story. One night on our backpacking trip, I was somewhat delusional from altitude sickness. One of the best ways to get over altitude sickness is to keep hydrated. This a nice quick fix with one big drawback. I had to get up in the middle of the night to take care of some business. Well, my brain wasn't working correctly and I was a little disoriented. I walked out of the tent and headed the suggested 100 feet away from camp to take care of things. There were enough stars out that I didn't have my flashlight on at the time. It was probably in the upper 30s or lower 40s at the time. Things didn't seem very familiar to me as I was walking, but I thought nothing of it. I was just watching where my feet were going and not looking out in front of me. I must have just gone off on a slightly different angle than normal. Well, all of the sudden, I walk into a puddle of water. Aside from being perturbed that I happened to find the only puddle of water in the entire place (as it hadn't rained the previous day), I didn't want to get my boots wet. So I went ahead and took a step sideways and landed in even more water. I finally turned my flashlight on and looked around. It took me a few seconds of complete confusion to realized that I had walked into the lake. I wasn't just a few inches in the lake either. I happened to step on all the right rocks and was a good 3-4 feet out once I realized where I was. Luckily, it was still shallow and I didn't get the inside of my boots wet.
So I proceeded to turn around, walk back to the tent, and continue in the right direction to take care of my business. Needless to say, I felt like quite the dork.
