[N.H. Yankee]

Wow lucky you didnt come out alot worse, I have never done anything quite like that, but here in N.H. there are alot of old homesteads from the 1700's and 1800's with deep dug wells 20-30 feet deep that have grass or shrub grown over the hole and when hiking one day almost fell in alone and 5 miles out in nowhere. I did sprain my ankle so bad I didnt think I could make it back, also when out hunting once a mini twister came up ( we almost never have those things here) and was 1 mile from home with trees coming down all around but just by luck made it. I now carry a cell phone and leave a topo at home with the area I am going to circled so my wife can call help if I dont come home at a reasonable time. All I can say is doing what you were was tempting fate, have you ever considered tap dancing on land mines lol.