A couple of my favorites....

First one was many years ago, relatively new at mt. biking - riding on a cold, wet and muddy day. Near the end of the ride I come to big mud pit. As I approach the pit, someone is coming directly at me from the other direction. So rather than both of us going through the pit at the same time, I skirt it to the side and stop to see how he does. I don't clip out - there's a nice sapling there to grab onto. Problem is, the ground was so wet that I pulled the sapling out of the ground as I slowly fall into the mud pit. Of course my buddies were there to witness the fall, I was covered in wet mud head to foot. Did I say it was a cold day? Luckily we had my friend's beatup van so I didn't have to ride outside on the roof racks.

This one is more recent. Here in the DC area we had a mild December & January. A few days after a small snowfall the temp was up to 45 or 50 so I took a Saturday ride in Rock Creek. For those familar, near the bottom of the blocked off section, I turned right and went up Ridge Road and then onto Ross Drive. These roads are controlled by the US Park Service and after a snow, they close them off until things melt so on this day no cars and the roads were clear of snow. I was feeling pretty strong and these are good hills to climb so I'm trying to motor. Now there's a bridge on Ross Rd. that's a bit downhill and if you are doing any sort of speed, you need to bunny hop a gap. So I'm approaching the bridge feeling pretty good when I notice a couple of females walking their bikes on the bridge. OK, it's clear, they are too tired from the ride up, time to show them what a manly man I am so I pick up my speed even more. I do the bunny hop and land on the bridge. Well the bridge is one sheet of ice from end to end - something I would have noticed if I hadn't been looking at the ladies - I mean their bikes. So I hit the ice, knowing I was in deep s**t - whenever I've hit ice in the past I've gone down. But this time I manage to stay upright - but I am swearing uncontrollably as I pass the ladies. And somehow I make it - I don't know how. Of course there is a bunch of laughter from the onlookers - but I showed them my killer skilz.