What’s the worst decision you’ve ever made? I’ll wait.

I have a long list of possibilities like hitting driver instead of 3-wood on #5 at Tumwater Valley G.C., but one especially bone-headed decision made during a high school chemistry lab takes the cake. Too ashamed to reveal more. Since then, I’ve learned my brain wasn’t fully formed.

However bad your’s and my worst decisions are, they pale in comparison to Pvt. 2nd Class Travis King’s.

From NPR:

“The 23-year-old had been stationed in South Korea, where he was recently imprisoned on assault charges, and was due to fly back to the U.S. to face military disciplinary action.

Instead, he ditched his escort at the airport and made his way to the Korean border village of Panmunjom, where he joined a tour — dressed in civilian clothes — and ran across the military demarcation line at the last stop.”

Let’s see, face a U.S. military disciplinary action or defect TO North Korea. Dude was stationed in South Korea and knew absolutely nothing about North Korea.

Most of us survive our worst decisions. Time will tell, but Pvt. 2nd Class Travis King may not.