how far would you go to get your disc back??

[nate22]

could have just returned it to walmart, haha

 

[harr0140]

I shanked a drive right into the white river, Auburn, WA. The temp outside was 36 F, the water was about 34 F and moving about 12mph. I went in up to my knees to get my driver back!!

So how far would you/did you go to get yer plastic back??

I went into water up to my peanuts in an old quarry, the water was 40 degrees when the air temperature was about 32 because it was snowing that day. Thankfully I didn't have to submerge because I grabbed a stick and the quarry flloor was smooth so I could slide my disc with the stick on the flight plate until it was close enough I could grab it. The disc was my first ace disc ever so I was not leaving it behind . . . good thing it happened on the 9th hole and we had plenty of clothes since it was on our way home from a weekend away so I was able to change in the restroom and head home afterwards.

 

[jtreadwell]

I crawled 15ft into a 3ft diameter drain pipe with very cold water running through it to get my beat champ banshee (with a neat lookin' sharpee sun on it). I then did it AGAIN in the SAME DRAIN PIPE to get the SAME DISC a week later. After all that, I recently lost it for good in a field with short grass and no hazards.... RIP Champ Banshee...

 

[GLong]

i got stuck in the muck at schumaker pond a few years ago when the pond was drained. i went looking for the disc in an area that i was told to stay away from because the bottom is like quick sand. i did my best to stay away, but took one bad step and then another and was stuck. ended up sinking up to about my belly button in some nasty, nasty quicksand/mud. i was in there for over an hour and ended up getting dragged out by 4 dudes with a tow rope just as the fire dept/rescue squad pulled up. it was in january but the air temp wasn't bad that day. i didn't get really cold until my arms/chest got wet when someone suggested i try to unlace my shoes and try to break the suction on my feet. i got mild hypothermia but was fine after a few hours. i've attached a crappy cell phone pic for your lulz.

 

[nate22]

we have a winner!

 

[great white buffalo]

I second that. Glong wins!

 

[Simmeltron]

Wow.. well I didn't get hypothermia.. BUT.. a couple days after this past Christmas I was just finishing at Two Rivers in Kennewick/Finley and decided I wanted to throw my brand new Star Wraith onto the ice in the middle of the inlet to the left of hole #19.

It was about 45 degrees but right then the sun popped out and it felt more like 60. After about 10 minutes of deliberation / contemplating life, I threw on my board shorts I had in my car, went rampage and hammered my fists through the ice layer (about 1/2" thick) to get to my disc which was about 40 feet out into the middle of the bay and a little over waist deep.

I thought about going after the other disks once I got my own but as my legs started to sting and I realized I was in the middle of an iced over pond, alone, I decided my life was more valuable than the good karma of returning a few discs that day.

Thank God the mud and goose crap was cold enough I guess to not form quicksand as it did for GLong!

 

[Mattallica]

My friend got in the lake at hornet nest that is behind the basket to get my brothers ion when there was a cop parked in the parking lot, i acted like i didn't know them.

that cop is busy watching at least 3 drug deals, he doesn't care about swimmers

 

[Emoney]

I would just leave it. Disc are cheap plus im usually pretty accurate anyway so water isnt an issue. I dont throw any oop plastic.

 

[UnitedPuppySlayer]

My room mate threw my go to ion into a pond that was about nuts deep in late November. I went in after it and luckily found it in a couple minutes and had a towel with me to dry off with.

 

[Rugball]

I second that. Glong wins!

...3rd it!

#17 on my local course has a 6ft tall fence along the left side of the fairway with barbed wire on the top. The razor grass is also pretty tall on the other side of the fence. I've shanked a few drives that just carried over the fence.

I've been wearing shorts due to the warm weather here in SoCal in Dec/Jan. I know, whah whah, pity me. Anyway, climbing the fence is dicey enough. Wading through the razor grass leaves me covered in burrs and lots of long itchy slices.

On the plus side, on a few of the those little adventures, I've recovered other discs and called their owners. They were pretty happy. :clap:

 

[CaptainAnhyzer]

No plastic is worth my life or a trip to the hospital.

I did however, mark a disc that had gone in the swamp at J-Park #11 and went to Wally World for knee high boots (and a rake at home)to fish it out. I've since used those boots to fish out a washed out bridge section and loaned them to another guy to save his disc.

 

[Rugball]

No plastic is worth my life or a trip to the hospital.

I'm fine with dry land. If it were some sort of watery/muddy situation, I'd have to be pretty damned sure I could rescue the disc. Hence, GLONG FTW!

 

[BrotherDave]

Man, I had to go into the ****ing cold ass ****ty creek today to get my Panther.

The good news is that while I was in there I found the tee sign/pole for hole 12. :\

 

[Verjaeger]

Cold Water, Swamp, Peoples Home, 150 miles or up to 5 hours drive time, Cash to buy it back, hiring assassin to find who stole it.

 

[JReynolds]

Wow.. well I didn't get hypothermia.. BUT.. a couple days after this past Christmas I was just finishing at Two Rivers in Kennewick/Finley and decided I wanted to throw my brand new Star Wraith onto the ice in the middle of the inlet to the left of hole #19.

It was about 45 degrees but right then the sun popped out and it felt more like 60. After about 10 minutes of deliberation / contemplating life, I threw on my board shorts I had in my car, went rampage and hammered my fists through the ice layer (about 1/2" thick) to get to my disc which was about 40 feet out into the middle of the bay and a little over waist deep.

I thought about going after the other disks once I got my own but as my legs started to sting and I realized I was in the middle of an iced over pond, alone, I decided my life was more valuable than the good karma of returning a few discs that day.

Thank God the mud and goose crap was cold enough I guess to not form quicksand as it did for GLong!

I have witnessed this same thing, on the same hole, twice this winter... The carry over the water isn't even that long, but that inlet is like a magnet

 

[lion]

Before I had alot of discs I once climbed a pine tree over 50 feet for a disc. that was crazy and yes I have been in water numerous times, but now adays I just dont go after them if there not visible and i make sure to have 2 backups of every disc so I can re think some recovery options.

 

[The dude on the bike]

I go pretty far at times, I let them go sometimes. I can just go get more. I just lost the disc I got my last two aces with, I sort of liked it.

 

[timothyasteele]

Two years ago at Stafford Lake in Novato...

Hole 2 is a massive wall of trees that most everyone throws either a thumber or tomahawk to get over. Well, my friend needed a thumber disc, so I lend him my Firebird and he proceeds to throw it a bit low and get it stuck 10 feet from the tops of the trees. Being an avid tree climber as a kid, I didn't think twice and climbed up about 50 feet to shake the branches and get it back. My friend looked at me like I was nuts...

Check out the hole - 3rd photo http://www.dgcoursereview.com/view_image.php?id=774&p=2b48c32b

Tim S.

 

[nate22]

Really any time we go charging into bushes looking for a lost disc we are taking a big chance...

http://www.avru.org/general/general_mostvenom.html


Sorry on my phone so can't link it...but with those guys out there, any lost disc is dangerous!