Descended down the wrong drainage after ascending a mountain in the Sierra Nevada. Was very sketchy and involved a glacier crossing with no snow gear. Prior party to go that way needed a rescue and was stuck there overnight. Looking it up just now, it seems a couple people got lost in that general area a couple years ago and were never found.
Don't feel need to talk about anything that someone might classify as heroic though, I think that's just called being a man.
Well, in your case it has nothing to do with being a man, it's called being lucky. Respect though, I'd probably have died there.