To mosh or not to mosh

so i went to my first real metal concert last night, at a quite shady place called the pavillion. the bands were severance, ninjaspy, we're doomed and black moor. i missed severance, but made it for the other 3. i learned, the hard way, to stay away from the pit if i don't plan on moshing. i spent about 10 mins quickly getting out of the way of moshers while still trying to enjoy the music til i realized i should just back up. it kinda sucked though, i wanted to be in front, by the stage, but doing so would probably have resulted in serious injury. about 3/4 through the concert i had the sudden urge to mosh but i restrained it, now is not the time for me to get anything broken. maybe next time, i'll just do a quick run through the pit and see how that works.