Costly mistakes led to a bucket-list trip

Did you ever wish you had the chance to compete against a clock, dodging everyone and everything in your way as you make a mad dash in an effort to make it somewhere important on time.
Such a scenario came up recently. It was exhilarating. It was grueling. It was a great test of the human will.
Unfortunately, it also exposed some human frailties. So I came up short – by a meager one or…